Seoul [South Korea]: North Korea launched a short-range ballistic missile off the east coast of the Korean peninsula on Sunday ahead of the joint military drills between South Korea and the US. The ballistic missile launch comes two days after a nuclear-powered aircraft from the United States (US) arrived in South Korea for drills, Yonhap News Agency reported citing South Korean military officials.
Yonhap said citing the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) on Saturday that the missile was launched from a region in or around Taechon, North Pyongan Province, at 6:53 a.m, as per Yonhap News agency and flew some 600 kilometres at an apogee of around 60 km at a top speed of Mach 5.
