North Korea fired a short-range ballistic missile towards the sea off the east coast of the Korean Peninsula on Sunday, South Korea and Japan said, in the latest of a series of tests carried out by the nuclear-armed state since the start of this year.
The missile, launched from the Dongchang-ri site on the west coast around 11:05 a.m. , flew some 800 km before hitting a target, a South Korean military statement said. Japan's Defence Ministry said the missile flew as high as 50 km .
Japan and the U.S. also conducted joint air and sea military exercises over the sea between the Korean peninsula and Japan for a third straight day on Sunday, Japan's local media reported. No country was named, but China and Russia have blocked attempts at the United Nations to respond to North Korea's series of missile tests.The launches have prompted criticism from Tokyo and Washington, as well as from Seoul.
The North on Thursday fired a suspected intercontinental ballistic missile into the sea between the Korean Peninsula and Japan, hours before South Korea's president flew to Tokyo for a summit that discussed ways to counter the North.
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