N. Korea fires unidentified missile: Seoul

A youth walks past a television screen showing a file image of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un (C) as news anchors provide coverage of this morning’s North Korean missile launch, at a railway station in Seoul on August 26./ AFP /

SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — North Korea launched an apparent missile into the Sea of Japan on Tuesday, South Korea’s military said.

The North fired the “unidentified projectile” from Pyongyang at around 5:57 am (2057 GMT), according to the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

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