Asia

Home page

Asia

North Korea Fires Second Ballistic Missile Hours After First Failed Launch

22 June 2016 05:24 (UTC +04:00)

Baku-APA. South Korea claims that the North has fired another mid-range ballistic missile, its second of the day, APA reports quoting Sputnik.

Officials with South Korea's Defense Ministry said earlier that Pyongyang had conducted a failed launch, with the missile falling into the Sea of Japan.
The North launched an unidentified missile from areas near Wonsan at around 5:58 am," said the South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff, according to Yonhap news agency.

The DPRK has test fired a number of ballistic missiles in recent months. These have been condemned by the United Nations, with the US, South Korea, China, and Russia urging Pyongyang to tone down the tests. Â Harsh new sanctions were put in place in response to earlier tests.

Pyongyang has also claimed to have developed a miniaturized nuclear warhead that could, theoretically, be launched with an intercontinental missile.