Seoul does not believe that North Korea’s recent test-launch of a newly-developed intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) crossed a “red line,” the South Korean Ministry of Unification (MOU) said on Friday.

“The government estimates that North Korea’s missile test didn’t provide the capabilities including atmospheric reentry, precise guidance at terminal phase or the operation of a nuclear warhead,” Lee Eugene, deputy spokesperson for the ministry, told assembled media during a regular news briefing. 

“We don’t judge that they crossed the red line.”

The comments came in response to a question to Lee about the government position on the Wednesday test-firing of