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North Korea fires short-range missile : Seoul
Seoul, May 4 (AFP) May 04, 2019
North Korea launched an "unidentified short-range missile" towards the East Sea -- also known as Sea of Japan -- on Saturday, Seoul's Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said.

Pyongyang "fired a missile from its east coast town of Wonsan to the eastern direction at 9:06 am (0006 GMT) today," the JCS said in a statement.

South Korea and the United States "are analysing details related to the missile", it added.


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