Seoul [South Korea], January 7: 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.
The launch came as US Secretary of State Antony Blinken was in Seoul to meet with South Korean government officials.
North Korea is prohibited by UN resolutions from launching or even testing ballistic missiles of any range.
These are usually surface-to-surface missiles that can also be equipped with a nuclear warhead.
Pyongyang has significantly expanded its missile tests over the past two years, while sharpening its rhetoric against the US and South Korea. It has also strengthened its military cooperation with Russia. (DPA)
Source: Qatar Tribune
