This notice from Pyongyang comes on the eve of the joint military exercises planned by South Korea and the US
North Korea launched this Saturday an unidentified ballistic missile into the sea of japan (called the East Sea in the two Koreas), as reported by the South Korean army in a brief statement.
The Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) did not offer more information about this launch at the moment.the second that Pyongyang has carried out so far this year.
The Japanese Coast Guard notified the launch at 5:25 p.m. local time (8:25 GMT) citing information provided by the Ministry of Defense.
Shortly after, Japanese government sources quoted by the Kyodo agency also They confirmed that it is the launch of a ballistic missile of an unspecified type.
The day before, North Korea threatened to an “unprecedented” response to military exercises that the South and the US have planned for March, which next week will also carry out a theoretical exercise that simulates a nuclear attack by the regime.
Pyongyang carried out a record number of missile launches last year, around fifty, in many cases in response to joint maneuvers by Seoul and Washington and the deployment of strategic Pentagon assets on the peninsula.
Satellite photos further show that eThe Punggye-ri Nuclear Test Center (northeast of the country) has been completely rehabilitated for almost a year and is ready to host a new atomic test.