TOKYO — North Korea’s newly unveiled “hypersonic missile” appears to be at an early stage of development and can be intercepted by South Korean and US military assets, Seoul’s military said Wednesday, according to Yonhap News Agency.

The assessment came hours after the North’s official Korean Central News Agency said the country conducted the first test fire of the hypersonic Hwasong-8 missile from Toyang-ri, Jagang Province, on Tuesday.…