North Korea has fired an unidentified ballistic missile, the South Korean military said on Monday. North Korea launched the missile towards the East Sea, also known as the Sea of Japan, South Korean news agency Yonhap cited the general staff in Seoul (JCS) as saying.

According to South Korean estimates, the missiles flew about 250 km and landed in the Sea of Japan. The acting President of South Korea, Vice Premier Choe Sang Mok, stated that the launch of ballistic missiles violates UN Security Council resolutions.

North Korea fired several short-range ballistic missiles into the sea Tuesday, according to Seoul's military, in what experts said could be a message to US President-elect Donald Trump's incoming administration.

North Korea launched multiple short-range ballistic missiles toward the East Sea (Sea of Japan) on Tuesday, Seoul's military said, just days before US President-elect Donald Trump takes office, Yonhap News Agency reported.

North Korea launched a ballistic missile on Monday toward the East Sea, South Korea's military said, referring to the body of water also known as the Sea of Japan.

South Korea says North Korea fired a ballistic missile that flew 685 miles before landing in waters between the Korean Peninsula and Japan

North Korea fired a ballistic missile on Monday as U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken was visiting Seoul, South Korea.

The missile flew 1,100km and landed between the Korean peninsula and Japan, the joint chiefs ... firing a ballistic missile out to sea off its east coast, in Seoul (REUTERS) A few days earlier ...

North Korea has fired what appears to be an intermediate-range ballistic missile towards the sea to its east, South Korea's military said, in what is Pyongyang's first missile launch in two months. Japan's defence ministry said around noon local time (03:00 GMT) that the projectile had already fallen into the sea.

South Korea's military said it had detected multiple test missiles launched by Pyongyang towards the Sea of Japan. North Korea had tested a ballistic missile just a week ago.

also known as the Sea of Japan, South Korean news agency Yonhap cited the general staff in Seoul (JCS) as saying. The launch came as US Secretary of State Antony Blinken was in Seoul to meet with ...

North Korea launched "several short-range ballistic missiles," that landed in the Sea of Japan Tuesday morning local time, South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said.