(MENAFN) According to South Korean and Japanese officials, North Korea fired an alleged intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) at its East Sea, with Tokyo claiming the projectile landed in waters within its exclusive economic zone.
The Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) of the South Korean military confirmed a long-range ballistic missile launch early Friday morning, stating it came from the Sunan area near North Korea's capital about 10:15 a.m. local time.
“While strengthening our monitoring and vigilance, our military is maintaining a full readiness posture in close cooperation with the US,” the JCS stated in a message to journalists, sharing no further information about the launch, involving the exact munition involved and how far it traveled.
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida was quick to convict the apparent show of force, stating his nation had “naturally lodged a strong protest against North Korea, which has repeated its provocations with unprecedented frequency.”
“We have told [North Korea] that we absolutely cannot tolerate such actions,” he told journalists in Thailand, where he is attending the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation conference. Kishida went on to say that the missile most likely fell in waters west of Japan's northernmost island of Hokkaido, within the country's exclusive economic zone.
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