North Korea fires ballistic missile off east coast

North Korea fired an unspecified ballistic missile off its east coast, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement on Wednesday, a launch also reported by Japan’s military.
The missile was still flying, according to a Japanese Defence Ministry official quoted by broadcaster NHK.
No further details were immediately available about the launch, which came barely a month after North Korea’s last launch and is its twelfth such launch this year.
The launch also comes after North Korea made heated complaints in recent days over U.S. military activities, accusing American spy planes of violating airspace in its economic zones and condemning a recent visit to South Korea by an American nuclear-powered cruise missile submarine.
This year North Korea has test fired its first ever solid-fuel intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), and conducted a failed attempt to launch its first-ever spy
satellite on a new launch vehicle. United Nations Security Council resolutions ban North Korea’s use of ballistic missile technology, including for satellite launches.