North Korea says to make major announcement on Tuesday afternoon

[SEOUL] North Korea said it will make a major announcement on Tuesday at 3.30pm (0630 GMT), South Korea's Yonhap news agency reported.

Earlier on Tuesday, North Korea test-launched an intermediate-range ballistic missile into the sea off its east coast, South Korean and US officials said.

South Korean President Moon Jae in said the military was analysing the missile with the possibility that it may have been an intercontinental ballistic missile-class rocket.

REUTERS