In this file photo released by the North Korean government, what is said to be a Hwasong-17 ICBM is shown during a military parade marking the 75th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Army, in the square Kim Il, in Pyongyang, North Korea. , February 8, 2023. (Korea Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP, File)

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea has fired at least one ballistic missile into the sea, South Korea’s military said Saturday.

The South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff did not immediately identify the type of missile or the distance traveled.

The launch comes a day after North Korea’s foreign ministry threatened to take ‘unprecedented’ action against rivals soon after Seoul announced a series of military exercises with the United States to sharpen their joint response. to growing nuclear threats from Pyongyang.

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