Sunday, 5 June 2022 (YJC)_ Military sources in South Korea and Japan say North Korea has fired a ballistic missile into the East Sea.
Local media reported on Sunday morning that a rocket had been fired by the North Korean military.
The South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement that its northern neighbor had fired a ballistic missile at the East Sea.
According to Yonhap News Agency, the Japanese Coast Guard also said that the unidentified projectile, which is probably a ballistic missile, was fired into the Sea of Japan.
According to the report, today's test launch of a ballistic missile by Pyongyang is the 18th demonstration of the country this year (2022), which is carried out after the order of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to lift the voluntary ban on missile and nuclear tests.
It was only eleven days ago that the South Korean military announced that the Pyongyang government had tested an intercontinental ballistic missile capable of carrying a nuclear warhead.
The UN Security Council later convened a meeting to tighten sanctions on North Korea, citing recent missile tests, but the US resolution was vetoed.
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