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North Korea

North Korea fires possible ballistic missile as Ukraine war rages

Sunday's launch is first by isolated nation in one month

North Korea fired an unidentified projectile eastward, South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said on Sunday.   © Reuters

SEOUL / TOKYO (Reuters) -- North Korea fired what could be a ballistic missile on Sunday, military officials in South Korea and Japan said, in what would be the first test since the nuclear-armed country conducted a record number of launches in January.

South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff reported that North Korea had fired a suspected ballistic missile toward the sea off its east coast from a location near Sunan, where Pyongyang's international airport is located.

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