The agency noted that the South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff reported the llaunching of the projectile over the eastern sea, also known as the Sea of Japan.
The South Korean military did not immediately provide details of the launch, the agency said.
Japan also confirmed the shot. Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s office tweeted that “North Korea fired what appears to be a ballistic missile.”
In the northern region of Hokkaido, the large island in northern Japan, authorities urged residents to seek shelter in a building or underground.
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“Evacuate immediately, evacuate immediately,” read the alert issued by the authorities.
North Korea continued in 2023 the weapons testing frenzy begun the previous year and claims to have tested two intercontinental ballistic missiles and two nuclear-capable underwater drones.
On Monday, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attended a meeting of the Central Military Commission to discuss ways of “deal with the escalating moves by the US imperialists and the treacherous puppets of South Korea to launch a war of aggression”, said the official agency KCNA.
Kim ordered that the country’s deterrence capabilities were strengthened at “a faster speed” and with a “more practical and offensive” approach.
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Parallel to the promotion of the arms tests of the hermetic communist country, the United States and South Korea increased military maneuvers in the area, considered by Pyongyang a test for an eventual invasion.
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