The Latest: US assesses N. Korea missile was not ICBM

People watch a TV screen in Tokyo showing a live broadcast from Florida of a news conference by U.S. President Donald Trump, right, and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on a missile launch by North Korea, Sunday, Feb. 12, 2017. North Korea reportedly fired a ballistic missile early Sunday in what would be its first such test of the year and an implicit challenge to Trump, who stood with the Japanese leader as Abe called the move "absolutely intolerable." Details of the launch, including the type of missile, were scant. (Yoshitaka Sugawara/Kyodo News via AP) People watch a TV screen in Tokyo showing a live broadcast from Florida of a news conference by U.S. President Donald Trump, right, and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on a missile launch by North Korea, Sunday, Feb. 12, 2017. North Korea reportedly fired a ballistic missile early Sunday in what would be its first such test of the year and an implicit challenge to Trump, who stood with the Japanese leader as Abe called the move "absolutely intolerable." Details of the launch, including the type of missile, were scant. (Yoshitaka Sugawara/Kyodo News via AP)

By Associated Press February 12, 2017 4 min read

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) – The Latest on North Korea’s missile launch (all times local):

1:50 p.m.

The U.S. Strategic Command says it detected and tracked what it assessed was a medium- or intermediate-range ballistic missile test-fired by North Korea.

It says it did not pose a threat to North America.

The command said the launch occurred near the northwestern city of Kusong.