North Korea fires a short-range ballistic missile, Seoul's military said, fourth show of force in a week as South Korea and US stage major military drills
North Korea views all such exercises as rehearsals for invasion and has repeatedly warned it would take"overwhelming" action in response.
"Our military detected one short-range ballistic missile fired from around the Tongchang-ri area in North Pyongan province at 11:05 am towards the East Sea," South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said on Sunday, referring to the body of water also known as the Sea of Japan. South Korea and the United States are currently in the middle of 11-day joint drills known as Freedom Shield, their largest in five years.Japan's coast guard warned vessels about "what appears to be a ballistic missile that was launched from North Korea" while noting that it seemed "to have already fallen".On Thursday, Pyongyang test-fired its largest and most powerful intercontinental ballistic missile, a Hwasong-17 -- its second ICBM test this year.
On Saturday, KCNA said the joint drills by the allies were "inching close to the unpardonable red-line".
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