North Korea launches new unidentified ballistic missile into the Sea of ​​Japan

North Korea today launched an unidentified ballistic missile into the Sea of ​​Japan (called the East Sea in both Koreas), the South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said in a brief statement.

This is the first launch of a projectile of this type by Pyongyang since last April 13, when the regime first tested a solid-fueled intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), a type of propellant much more efficient than the liquid type. .

The North Korean action comes after the regime launched a space rocket on May 31, with a reconnaissance satellite on board, which failed and crashed in the Yellow Sea (called the West Sea by both Koreas).

The Japanese Coast Guard, quoted by the Japanese state radio television NHK, indicated that the projectile seems to have already fallen into the sea.

The launch coincides with the completion, today, of the largest-scale live-fire exercises ever conducted by Seoul and Washington on South Korean soil.

The southern president himself, Yoon Suk-yeol, personally attended the last of these drills held today in Pocheon, about 40 kilometers northeast of Seoul.

Source: Elcomercio

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