North Korea fires ballistic missile toward the East Sea | NK News
Launch is first since mid-June and follows DPRK criticism of alleged ‘intrusions’ by US spy planes off its east coast
North Korea's launch of a Hwasong-18 solid-fuel ICBM in April 2023 | Image: Rodong Sinmun (April 14, 2023)
This is a developing news story. Please check back for updates. (Last updated at 11:04 a.m. with ROK assessment of long-range missile)
North Korea fired one “long-range ballistic missile” toward the East Sea (Sea of Japan) on Wednesday morning, according to South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS).
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Jeongmin Kim is the Lead Correspondent at NK News and Editorial Director at KOREA PRO, based in Seoul. Kim covers inter-Korean relations and North and South Korean foreign and military affairs. Kim has covered the 2022 ROK presidential election on the ground, and prior to joining NK News, she worked for the CSIS Korea Chair in Washington D.C. and Reuters news agency’s Seoul bureau.
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