North Korea tested an intercontinental ballistic missile last night a few hours after Joseph Biden's visit to Asia, during which the US president confirmed support for Seoul and Tokyo in the face of Pyongyang's nuclear threat.
South Korea's military said the North is believed to have fired an intercontinental ballistic missile as part of a series of three missile tests from Sunan, a suburb of Pyongyang.
The rockets were fired in the direction of the Sea of Japan at 6.00:6.37 a.m., 6.42:XNUMX a.m. and XNUMX:XNUMX a.m. local time.
"The first ballistic missile has a range of about 360 kilometers and reaches a height of about 540 kilometers," the South Korean General Staff said in a statement.
The second ballistic missile "disappeared at an altitude of 20 kilometers", and the third missile traveled about 760 km at an altitude of about 60 kilometers.
Japan's defense ministry said one of the missiles fired had an "irregular trajectory".
The United States condemned North Korea's launch of three ballistic missiles and called on Pyongyang to "refrain from further provocations and engage in meaningful and constructive dialogue."
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