South Korea must hold emergency meeting because of North Korea's missile launch

North Korea fired a ballistic missile off its east coast on Tuesday, prompting South Korea's presidential office to convene an emergency meeting to discuss the provocation.

North Korean missiles in a parade in 2012. Photo: AFP

The ballistic missile was launched at around 6:42 a.m. from the vicinity of Sinpo, South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said.Hamgyongout to sea of ​​japanThe object flew about 60 km..

South Korea said it was launched from land, not from under the sea, according to Yonhap. North Korea has at times fired missiles from submarines near Sinpo.

The US Pacific Command detected and tracked the missile launch at 11:42 a.m. on April 4, Hawaii time. According to the command's initial assessment, this was a KN-15 medium-range ballistic missile.

"The North American Aerospace Defense Command determined that the missile launch from North Korea did not pose a threat to North America," CNN quoted Dave Benham, a spokesman for the Pacific Command, as saying.

The Japanese government determined that the object did not fall within the exclusive economic zone,Yoshihide Suga, chief cabinet secretary, said this morning.

North Korea launched a missile ahead of a summit between US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping this week. The two leaders are expected to discuss increasing pressure on North Korea to abandon its weapons development. North Korea also test-fired a missile two weeks ago.

A meeting of South Korea's National Security Council will begin at 8:30 a.m., led by Kim Kwan-jin, national security adviser to the acting president.Hwang Kyo-han, presided over the meeting. Mr. Hwang ordered the military to strengthen combat readiness in case of any unforeseen circumstances.

According to VNE