North Korea fired a suspected ballistic missile early Sunday, adding to the barrage launched a day earlier, as Kim Jong Un leads a major political meeting to set policy for 2023.
The suspected missile has likely already fallen, Japan’s Coast Guard said early Sunday. The launch comes after North Korea also fired at least three missiles Saturday from an area south of Pyongyang in North Hwanghae province toward waters off its east coast.
Saturday’s missiles, launched from around 8 a.m. local time, flew about 350 kilometers (217 miles) in distance at a maximum altitude of about 100 kilometers, Japan said. While the missiles didn’t pose an immediate threat to the U.S. or its allies, the launches highlighted “the destabilizing impact” of North Korea’s ballistic missile programs, the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command said in a statement.
