North Korea launches missile into sea amid US-South Korea drills

A woman walks past a television showing a news broadcast with file footage of a North Korean missile test, at a railway station in Seoul on Sunday, March 19, 2023. - AFP

SEOUL, March 19 (AP): North Korea launched a short-range ballistic missile toward the sea on Sunday, its neighbors said, ramping up testing activities in response to US-South Korean military drills that it views as an invasion rehearsal.

The missile launched from the North's northwestern region flew across the country before it landed in the waters off its east coast, South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement.