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North Korea reportedly launches "unidentified projectile"

28 November 2019 15:13 (UTC +04:00)

"North Korea has conducted a launch of an unidentified projectile," the South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff said on Thursday, APA reports citing Sputnik.

The South Korean military is already conducting data analysis, the news agency specified.

The Japanese naval security service has registered a new missile launch from North Korea, adding that the missile has fallen into the Sea of Japan, outside the country's exclusive economic zone.

"A launch, of a missile presumably, has been conducted from the area of North Korea," the security service said, as quoted by the NHK broadcaster.

"The missile has fallen into the Sea of Japan, most likely outside Japan's exclusive economic zone," it added.

This is already the twelfth launch of this kind since May.

The incident comes days after North Korea state media reported that the Korean People’s Army (KPA) had conducted a series of artillery drills near its maritime border with the South with Kim Jong-un being present at the exercise.