North Korea Launches Ballistic Missile into Sea, Says South

North Korea has fired a ballistic missile toward the sea off its east coast, South Korea’s military said, extending what has already been a record-breaking number of North Korean launches this year.

South Korea’s defense ministry said the North fired a short-range ballistic missile from the Taecheon area in North Pyongan province at 6:53 a.m. local time. Japan’s Coast Guard reported that the missile apparently landed less than 10 minutes after it reported the launch.

A day earlier, South Korea’s presidential office warned it had detected activity suggesting North Korea was preparing to fire a submarine-launched ballistic missile, or SLBM, from its east coast city of Sinpo.