North Korea fired a ballistic missile on Saturday (May 7), South Korea's military said, three days before the inauguration of South Korean president-elect Yoon Suk-yeol, who has vowed to take a hard line against the North.South Korea's military said that North Korea fired what is believed to be a submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) into the sea off its east coast around 0507 GMT on Saturday from around Sinpo, where North Korea keeps submarines as well as equipment for test-firing SLBMs.
Japan's defence ministry also tweeted that the projectile could be a ballistic missile.
Japanese public broadcaster NHK, citing government sources, said the projectile landed outside Japan's exclusive economic zone.On Wednesday (May 4), North Korea fired a ballistic missile toward the sea off its east coast, South Korea and Japan said, after Pyongyang vowed to develop its nuclear forces &at the fastest possible speed&.
The United States assessed that North Korea was preparing its Punggye-ri nuclear test site and could be ready to conduct a test there as early as this month.Yoon takes office on Tuesday.
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