North Korea fires ballistic missile into Sea of ​​Japan

North Korea launched a ballistic missile into the Sea of ​​Japan on Wednesday, the Yonhap agency reported, citing the South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff.

«Our military captured a shot, which is believed to be a long-range ballistic missile launched into the East Sea from the Pyongyang area around 10:00 a.m. today. “We maintain a posture of readiness,” stated the South Korean military.

“It is estimated that (the missile) fell outside the Exclusive Economic Zone, which is about 550 kilometers east of the Korean Peninsula,” declared Japanese Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada.

According to TV Asahi, citing a Japanese defense official, the missile flew for 74 minutes at an altitude of 6,000 kilometers, with a range of 1,000 kilometers, which would be the longest flight time of a North Korean missile ever recorded.

It is the first time in almost a month that Pyongyang has fired a ballistic missile. The last occasion was June 15.

For her part, the head of the Communication and Propaganda Department of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea, Kim Yo-jong, issued a statement this week in which she stated that a strategic reconnaissance plane of the US Air Force had raided on eight occasions in the airspace over the North Korean Exclusive Economic Zone, and threatened military action if this was repeated. With RT

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