North Korea test launches suspected ICBM, Seoul says

North Korea fired a suspected long-range missile on Friday, South Korea's military said, a day after the North resumed its testing activities in an apparent protest over U.S. moves to solidify its alliances with South Korea and Japan.

The South's Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement that it detected a ballistic missile launch off the North's eastern coast on Friday morning. It later said the missile launched is likely an intercontinental ballistic missile.

A "seek cover order" for the Misawa Air Base in northern Japan was issued as a "precautionary measure" by the commander of the 35th Fighter Wing, the U.S. base said in a statement posted to Facebook. The order was lifted at 10:55 a.m. local time Friday.