North Korea fired three new missiles today, including an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), the launch of which, according to initial information, ended unsuccessfully.
According to a statement from the South Korean military, two short-range missiles accompanied by an ICBM were launched from the north towards the Sea of Japan.
"An ICBM launch by North Korea probably ended in failure" during the separation of the missile's second stage, the South Korean military said.
This rocket traveled 760 kilometers at a maximum height of 1.920 km and a speed of Mach 15, and the other two rockets "traveled" about 330 km at a speed of Mach five and a maximum height of 70 km.
Air raid sirens sounded today on the South Korean island of Uleungdo, 120 kilometers east of the Korean peninsula, local media reported.
The alert was also activated in northern Japan, although the missile finally did not fly over the archipelago.
Japanese Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada said the missile "disappeared over the Sea of Japan."
"Continuous missile barrage day after day cannot be tolerated," Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida warned today.
North Korea launched 23 missiles yesterday, one of which landed not far from South Korean territorial waters, causing a sharp rise in tensions on the peninsula.
Seoul retaliated by launching three missiles into the sea and South Korean President Jun Suk Yeol condemned Pyongyang's "provocation", saying it was a "de facto territorial invasion".
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