North Korea fires ballistic missile amid tensions over US-led army workouts | World News

South Korea says North Korea has fired a ballistic missile towards its jap waters, the newest in a barrage of weapons assessments in latest days.

South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Employees says the launch was made early Sunday however gave no additional particulars like how far the weapon flew.

The Japanese authorities additionally says North Korea has fired a attainable ballistic missile.

The launch, the North’s sixth spherical of weapons assessments in two weeks, got here hours after the US and South Korea wrapped a brand new spherical of naval drills off the Korean Peninsula’s east coast. The drills concerned an U.S. plane service.

North Korea’s army warned Saturday that the U.S. redeployment of the plane service close to the Korean Peninsula is inflicting a “significantly enormous detrimental splash” in regional safety.