North Korea test-fired one of its most powerful long-range ballistic missiles on Monday, Seoul and Tokyo said, a day after the nuclear-armed country launched a short-range weapon into the Sea of Japan.
Japan¡¯s Defense Ministry said the weapon, believed to be an intercontinental ballistic missile, had flown for about 73 minutes before splashing down into waters outside the country¡¯s exclusive economic zone (EEZ), approximately 250 kilometers west of Hokkaido¡¯s Okushiri Island.
In Seoul, the South Korean Presidential Office ¡°strongly condemned¡± what it said was the launch of a ¡°solid-fueled ICBM,¡± with President Yoon Suk-yeol ordering a joint response together with the U.S. and Japan by employing the countries¡¯ real-time missile information-sharing system.
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