North Korea tests missile ahead of US-South Korea drills
- North Korea test-fired a ballistic missile off its east coast towards Japan early on Wednesday, its neighbors said, just days before US-South Korea Joint Military drills which Pyongyang views as invasion rehearsals.
- This is the second such test in less than a week.
- "Our military detected at around 6:00 am (2100 GMT on Tuesday) a ballistic missile launched by North Korea from the Wonsan area towards the East Sea," Seoul's Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a message to reporters.
Confirmed
- North Korea test-fired a ballistic missile off its east coast towards Japan early on Wednesday, its neighbors said, just days before US-South Korea Joint Military drills which Pyongyang views as invasion rehearsals.
- This is the second such test in less than a week.
- "Our military detected at around 6:00 am (2100 GMT on Tuesday) a ballistic missile launched by North Korea from the Wonsan area towards the East Sea," Seoul's Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a message to reporters.
Sources: Al Jazeera, ABC News, Euronews, DW, France 24, South China Morning Post, CNA, Times of India