North Korea launched early this morning an unidentified ballistic missile toward the sea east of the Korean Peninsula, Reuters reported, citing BTA, citing a statement by South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff.
The Japanese government has also confirmed that North Korea appears to have fired a ballistic missile.
The move follows North Korea's launch of a massive new solid-fuel intercontinental ballistic missile last week and comes hours before voting begins in the US presidential election.
Kim Yo-chen, the powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, said joint military exercises by the US, Japan and South Korea were a justification for North Korea's strengthening of its nuclear forces, the state-run Korean Central News Agency reported. agency (KCTA), quoted by BTA.
Kim said that North Korea will not be diverted from the path of strengthening the nuclear deterrent, the KCTA agency added.