North Korea has fired a ballistic missile towards the sea off its east coast, South Korea and Japan said.
South Korea’s military said the unidentified missile was launched from an area in North Korea’s northwest region near the Chinese border and fired towards the sea to the east.
The Japanese government also said North Korea had fired what could be a ballistic missile, which likely fell outside of Japan’s exclusive economic zone.
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said there was no confirmed report of damage.
While visiting South Korea last week, Trump repeated his willingness to sit down with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, raising expectations that the two could come to a last-minute agreement to meet.
No meeting took place, but Trump said he was willing to return to the region to meet Kim.
Trump met Kim at the Panmunjom truce village on the inter-Korea military border in 2019 during the U.S. president’s first term when he was visiting the region.
North Korea fired multiple short-range ballistic missiles, including what it said was a hypersonic missile, and sea-to-surface cruise missiles last month, ahead of the visit by Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping to South Korea during a regional summit.
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