The South Korean army mentioned that North Korea test-fired a ballistic missile towards the ocean to the east of the Korean Peninsula within the early hours of the New Year.
The transfer comes not even 24 hours after North Korea launched three ballistic missiles on Saturday.
North Korea additionally launched three ballistic missiles on Saturday, in keeping with South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff.
The short-range ballistic missile was fired round 2:50 a.m. native time (0750 GMT) from Pyongyang, Yonhap mentioned, citing South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff.
The launch follows an unprecedented variety of missile assessments carried out by North Korea this yr, as Pyongyang presses on with weapons improvement amid hypothesis it might take a look at a nuclear weapon for the seventh time.