The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) fired an unidentified projectile toward the East Sea, South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said Sunday.
The JCS said in a short message without mention of any further detail of the launch.
The DPRK has said it conducted six missile tests in January, including a hypersonic missile on Jan. 5 and Jan. 11 each, two railway-borne short-range ballistic missiles on Jan. 14, two tactical guided missiles on Jan. 17, a long-range cruise missile on Tuesday and a surface-to-surface tactical guided missile on Thursday.
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The US authorities condemned the Saturday North Korean missile launch, noting that it did not pose any threat to the US or its allies, US Indo-Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM) said in its statement.
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The Command added that the US "are consulting closely with the Republic of Korea (ROK) and Japan, as well as other regional allies and partners" over the launch.
Earlier, Kyodo reported that the North Korean missile fell in the Sea of Japan outside of Japan’s exclusive economic zone. There have been no reports of damages. Japan stated its protest to North Korea. According to the Japan Ministry of Defense, the missile travelled about 800 km with the maximum altitude of 2,000 km. Tokyo believes that the missile had longer than intermediate range. This is the seventh North Korean missile launch since the beginning of this year.
TASS