North Korea launches ballistic missile into Sea of ​​Japan

she says South Korea That North Korea It launched a ballistic missile – today, Sunday – a few days after the procedure Pyongyang Live-fire exercises were held near the maritime border between the two countries.

“North Korea launched an unidentified ballistic missile into the East Sea, also known as the Sea of ​​Japan,” the Joint Chiefs of Staff in Seoul said in a statement.

Japan's coast guard said it was believed a North Korean missile dropped a pellet, adding it could have been a ballistic missile.

In December, North Korea said it had tested its latest intercontinental ballistic missile to test the readiness of its nuclear forces in the face of “escalating U.S. hostility,” while Washington and its allies launched a system to exchange missile data in real time.

North Korea's last missile test occurred on December 18, when it launched a solid-fueled Hwasong-18 intercontinental ballistic missile eastward.

Relations between North and South Korea have been deteriorating since leader Kim Jong Un pledged to strengthen North Korea's status as a nuclear power and resume testing of advanced intercontinental ballistic missiles.