Aballistic missile was suddenly launched by North Korea before the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Summit!
The South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff issued a statement saying that North Korea suddenly fired a short-range ballistic missile into the Sea of Japan today.
This launch is the first since Yoon Suk-yeol became the president of South Korea. The last launch of a ballistic missile was on May 8th.
It is worth noting that the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Summit will be held in Gyeongju, South Korea next week.
Regarding Japan, Prime Minister Asahi Sato stated that the missile launched by North Korea on October 22 did not fly over Japan's exclusive economic zone, "there is no record of flying over our exclusive economic zone."
Asahi Sato has instructed the Ministry of Defense and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to strengthen the collection and analysis of information regarding the new missile launch from Pyongyang.
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