SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea fired a short-range ballistic missile into waters off its west coast on Thursday, South Korea’s military said.
According to South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff, the weapon was fired from near the western coastal town of Nampo. The South Korean military did not immediately offer an estimate of how far the shell had traveled.
The release came after the influential sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un warned on Tuesday that her country was ready to take “swift and crushing action” against the United States and South Korea as military allies expand. their military training to deal with growing nuclear threats from Pyongyang.