(Reuters) – North Korea reportedly launched a suspected ballistic missile early on Wednesday, according to the Japanese prime minister’s office. South Korea’s Yonhap news agency stated that the projectile landed in the sea.
Yonhap, relying on information from South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff, reported that the missile had been launched into the sea between the Korean peninsula and Japan. However, no further details were provided.
The apparent missile firing occurred almost a week after North Korea tested its latest Hwasong-18 intercontinental ballistic missile, which was described as a warning to the United States and other adversaries by Pyongyang.
Wednesday’s launch took place one day after a U.S. nuclear-armed ballistic missile submarine made its first visit to South Korea since the 1980s.
On Tuesday, a U.S. soldier facing disciplinary action crossed the inter-Korean border into North Korea. The soldier is believed to be in U.S. custody, according to Washington, creating a fresh crisis between the two adversaries.
(Reporting by Rami Ayyub in Washington; Editing by Doina Chiacu and Eric Beech)
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