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North Korea has fired what appeared to be a ballistic missile from its northern Jangang province that landed in the sea off its east coast, South Korea’s Yonhap news agency says citing its military.
The launch took place at 11:41pm (14:41 GMT) on Friday, Yonhap said citing the South’s Office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
The Pentagon said it had detected what it assessed as a ballistic missile launch from North Korea.
Shinzo Abe, Japan’s prime minister, said the missile may have landed in the sea off Japan.
He said Japanese officials were analysing the apparent launch and he had called a meeting of the National Security Council.
In Washington, Navy Captain Jeff Davis, a Pentagon spokesman, confirmed that a launch of a ballistic missile from North Korea had been detected.
“We are assessing and will have more information soon,” he said.
Source: Reuters news agency
