North Korea fired at least one ballistic missile off its east coast on Thursday, South Korea’s military said.
Japan’s emergency broadcasting system said the missile flew over and past Japanese territory. It sent evacuation warnings to residents in the prefectures of Miyagi, Yamagate and Niigata, urging them to stay indoors.
Seoul’s Joint Chiefs of Staff didn’t immediately confirm what type of missile was fired or how far the weapon flew.
South Korea’s Yonhap news agency reported the missile went through stage separation, suggesting it may be a long-range weapon.
On Wednesday, Pyongyang fired 25 missiles of various kinds – including one that landed close to South Korea’s waters, in what President Yoon Suk-yeol said was effectively “a territorial invasion by a missile”.
Wednesday’s launches were the most North Korea has ever fired in a single day. One of the missiles flew in the direction of a populated South Korean island, triggering air raid sirens and forcing residents to evacuate. South Korea quickly responded by launching its own missiles in the same border area.
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