
North Korea launched a ballistic missile toward its eastern waters on Monday, South Korea's military said.The Joint Chiefs of Staff said the launch was made on Monday morning, but gave no further details, including how far the weapon traveled.The launch came two days after South Korea, the U.S. and Japan ended their new multidomain trilateral drills that North Korea calls a provocation.
The dictatorship criticised the joint military exercise, saying such drills show the relationship among three countries has developed into "the Asian version of NATO".