GettyNorth Korea wants to develop its missiles so they can reach the United StatesSouth Korea's Office of Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement that the projectile took off on Sunday afternoon from a location near Pukchang.
The office did not give further details, but this does follow a series of missile tests.
The White House has said that it is aware of this latest North Korea missile launch and notes that this system has a “shorter range than the missiles launched in North Korea’s three most recent tests”.
Japan has said that the country strongly protests North Korea and calls the missile launch “intolerable” and a “clear violation of UN resolution”.
The Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga told a news conference that the missile was launched around 7:59 GMT from North Korea’s west coast towards the Sea of Japan and it probably landed outside Japan’s exclusive economic zone, without causing damages to ships and aeroplanes.
A week ago, North Korea tested another missile, which it said was capable of carrying a large nuclear warhead.
Pukchang is an area where Pyongyang attempted to test-launch another missile last month, but failed.
GettyTensions are rising quickly in North Korea following a series of missile tests
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