N Korea fires short-range ballistic missile, South Korea says
North Korea fired a short-range ballistic missile toward the sea off the east coast of the Korean Peninsula on Sunday, according to South Korea and Japan, the latest in a barrage of weapons tests from the nuclear-armed state.
The ballistic missile, launched from the Dongchang-ri site on the west coast around 11:05am, flew some 800km before hitting a target, according to a South Korean military statement. Japan's Defense Ministry said the missile flew as high as 50km.
South Korean has condemned the recent ballistic missile launches by the North as a 'clear violation' of a United Nation Security Council resolution.
Soon after the launch, South Korea's Ministry of National Defense said the United States deployed a B-1B strategic bomber to a joint air drill, which Seoul and Washington say they are holding to strengthen extended deterrence.
'North Korea's behaviour threatens international peace and security, and is unacceptable,' Japan's state minister of defense, Toshiro Ino, told a press conference, adding Japan had protested strongly via North Korea's embassy in Beijing.
North Koria said Thursday's ICBM launch was a warning against the US-South Korea military exercise, state media KCNA reported.
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