SEOUL, Oct 29 (Reuters) – North Korea fired a projectile toward the sea off its east coast on Thursday, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said.
Japan’s Coast Guard said the launched projectile could be a ballistic missile and had already fallen into the sea.
Japan’s Defence Ministry also said it had detected a North Korean launch of a possible ballistic weapon, according to Yonhap News Agency.
North Korea last fired ballistic missiles on October 12, amid heightened tension on the inter-Korean border over a mine blast that wounded South Korean soldiers last month.
Pyongyang has conducted missile tests on more than 10 occasions this year.
(Reporting by Kyu-seok ShimEditing by Ed Davies)
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