SEOUL/TOKYO: North Korea fired an unidentified ballistic missile on Sunday, Japan’s Coast Guard and the South Korean military said, as Pyongyang condemned U.S.-led military shows of force as tantamount to “a preview of a nuclear war”.
The missile was launched towards the sea off North Korea’s east coast, according to the South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff.
About 20 minutes after initially reporting the launch, the Japanese coast guard said the missile had already fallen.