South Korean and US officials have confirmed that North Korea has apparently conducted yet another ballistic missile test. The missile launched at just after 3am Wednesday local time from Sin-ni in South Pyongyang. It is the first North Korean test since an intermediate-range missile test in September.

In a statement to the press, a spokesperson for South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said, "North Korea fired an unidentified ballistic missile early this morning from Pyongsong, South Pyongan [Province], to the east direction. South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff is analyzing more details of the missile with the US side."

The US Department of Defense and the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) have made an initial assessment that the missile was an ICBM, according to Office of the Secretary of Defense spokesperson Col. Robert Manning. The missile traveled 1,000 kilometers and landed in the Sea of Japan within Japan's exclusive economic zone.

The launch comes as South Korea is preparing for the 2018 Olympic Winter Games. South Korean officials had hoped that North Korea would forego any further provocations in hopes of an "Olympics of Peace."

Update, 10:50 pm: The North Korean government claims that the missile was a new ICBM design, the Associated Press reports. Designated as the Hwasong 15, North Korean state media claims that the missile is capable of reaching the entirety of the United States mainland.