North Korea fired an unidentified projectile, the South Korean military said on Friday, in what would be Pyongyang’s third test in less than 10 days.
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The projectile was fired toward the eastern Korean peninsula, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said.
Pyongyang launched two missiles, presented as being hypersonic by North Korea, a first on January 5 and a second on January 11.
The Japanese Coast Guard said it detected “the launch at 2:55 p.m. by North Korea of what appears to be one or more ballistic missiles.”
A coast guard spokesman told AFP they were still analyzing the place where he fell and determining whether it was a single object or several.
Despite international sanctions for its banned weapons programs. Pyongyang has already fired two missiles, presented as hypersonic, since the beginning of the year. A first on January 5 and a second on January 11.
The second test, overseen by leader Kim Jong Un, resulted in US sanctions against five people linked to North Korea’s missile program.
North Korea’s foreign ministry spokesman then accused the United States of having “intentionally aggravated” the situation.
If “the United States adopts such a confrontational attitude, the DPRK (Democratic People’s Republic of Korea) will be forced to react in a stronger and more certain way,” the spokesman said, according to the official KCNA news agency. .