North Korea fires unidentified projectile toward sea off its east coast, Seoul says


SEOUL, Oct ⁠12 (Reuters) - North Korea ⁠fired an unidentified ‌projectile toward the sea off its east coast, the ​South Korean military ⁠said on ⁠Monday.

Japan's coast guard said the ⁠projectile, ‌believed to be a ⁠North Korean ballistic missile, ​appeared ‌to have already fallen.

The ⁠launch ​comes after South Korean President Lee Jae ⁠Myung oversaw the ​country's first test-firing of a domestically developed hypersonic ⁠missile last week.

North Korea last fired a ballistic missile on ​October 3.

(Reporting ⁠by Heejin Kim and ​Joyce Lee ‌in Seoul, Anton ​Bridge in TokyoEditing by Ed Davies)

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