North Korea today launched a short-range ballistic missile into the East Sea, also known as the Sea of Japan.
This was reported by the South Korean military.
It is the second consecutive test in two days, and the missile was launched from the Yongseong area, in the area of the capital Pyongyang, added the General Staff in Seoul.
Military tensions on the Korean peninsula have risen sharply in 2022, as the North has conducted weapons tests nearly every month, including the launch of its most advanced ICBM ever.
Yesterday Pyongyang launched three other short-range ballistic missiles, in the aftermath of South Korea's test of a solid fuel space launch vehicle.
In the previous days, five North Korean drones had raided the southern airspace. An event that had never happened in the last five years, and for which the Seoul defense minister had been forced to apologise.
In fact, the army had failed to shoot down a single one of those drones, despite sending jets.
(ANSA-AFP).