North Korea fires suspected ballistic missile

North Korea fired a suspected ballistic missile off its east coast on Wednesday, authorities in Japan and South Korea said.

Japan’s coast guard, which first reported the launch, said the projectile could be a ballistic missile but did not provide further details.

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida mentioned that, “Since last year, North Korea has repeatedly launched missiles, which is very regrettable.”

The suspected missile had flown for about about 500 kilometres (310.7 miles) and landed outside Japan’s exclusive economic zone.

South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said that the missile was launched eastwards at about 8:10am from a land-based platform.

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