![A Hwasong-19 intercontinental ballistic missile is launched in this photo released by Pyongyang's state-controlled Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on Nov. 1, a day after the KCNA reported the test took place. [YONHAP] A Hwasong-19 intercontinental ballistic missile is launched in this photo released by Pyongyang's state-controlled Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on Nov. 1, a day after the KCNA reported the test took place. [YONHAP]](https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/data/photo/editor/2024/11/11/d378e281-58f7-4b61-b68c-40259acbc09d.jpg)
Russia may have helped North Korea develop ICBM: South
South Korea's defense minister said Monday there were no signs that the North tested a new rocket engine before launching the Hwasong-19 ICBM last month, raising suspicions that it received technical assistance from Russia.