North Korea fired an unidentified missile into the Sea of Japan on Monday (called the East Sea in the two Koreas), according to the South Korean Army, which is the fifth launch of this type in the last ten days. The Japanese authorities issued an alert to the population, asking them to take refuge in buildings “or underground”.
The launch takes place after Pyongyang carried out another four rounds of tests with short-range ballistic missiles since last day 24in a new escalation of tensions on the peninsula that coincided with the joint military exercises in Washington and Seoul and with the visit to the South of the US Vice President, Kamala Harris.
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s office said on Twitter that “A projectile that appears to be a North Korean ballistic missile has probably flown over Japan”. The apparent shooting of Pyongyang provoked an unusual alert from the Japanese government in which it asked its citizens to take refuge. “inside buildings or underground”.
The missile launched today by North Korea in its latest weapons test flew over the northern Japanese archipelagoas announced by the Japanese authorities, who activated the alert in that area due to the trajectory of the projectile.
The projectile was fired at around 7:30 a.m. local time Tuesday into the Sea of Japan, according to the South Korean Army, while the Japanese government said that has fallen in an unspecified point of the sea.