North Korea's First Ballistic Missile Launch This Year Lands Outside Japan's Exclusive Economic Zone | WPN World People News

South Korea's Joint Staff Headquarters at 2:58 p.m. local time on the 14th pointed out that North Korea on the afternoon of the 14th to the direction of the Sea of Japan in the eastern part of the Korean Peninsula launched ballistic missiles; Japan's Ministry of Defense pointed out that the missile launched by North Korea may have already fallen into the sea, the location of Japan's exclusive economic zone outside the scope.

This is the first time this year that North Korea has test-fired an object suspected to be a ballistic missile. The last time a suspected ballistic missile was test-fired was on December 18th last year, when an Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM)-class missile with the potential to strike the United States was launched and traveled 1,000 kilometers before falling into the East China Sea (Sea of Japan). The Japanese government has been responding to the situation in the Crisis Management Center at the Prime Minister's official residence, the Residence Countermeasures Office.

The firing of ballistic missiles by North Korea has aroused the concern of Japan and South Korea. The South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff Meeting noted that North Korea fired at least one ballistic missile into the sea off the east coast of the Korean Peninsula. The South Korean, U.S. and Japanese militaries are working together to analyze more details of the missiles, while the South Korean military is also maintaining full readiness.