South Korea says North Korea fired missile into its eastern waters

A news programme airs a file image of a missile launch by North Korea at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea on Tuesday. Photograph: Ahn Young-joon/APNorth Korea on Tuesday test-fired a suspected intermediate-range ballistic missile towards waters off its eastern coast, South Korea’s military said.

It was the North’s first known launch event since March 18th, when leader Kim Jong-Un supervised a live-fire drill of artillery systems designed to target South Korea’s capital.Wolfgang Benz: ‘Methods familiar from Germany’s history are being used to cast suspicion on another minority - Muslims’Japan’s coast guard shared an assessment from the country’s defence ministry stating that the missile had already landed but urging caution for vessels passing the area.

The US and South Korea have responded by expanding their combined training and trilateral drills involving Japan and sharpening their deterrence strategies built around strategic US assets. There are concerns that North Korea could further dial up pressure in an election year in the US and South Korea.

In January, North Korea said it flight-tested a new solid-fuel intermediate-range ballistic missile tipped with a hypersonic, manoeuvrable warhead, which came after it tested a solid-fuel IRBM engine for the first time in November. South Korea’s military said on Monday there were no signs that a satellite launch is impending at the North’s main launch facility in the north-west.

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