North Korea has again fired a potentially nuclear-capable missile, according to the South Korean military. The ballistic missile flew in the direction of the Sea of ​​Japan (Korean: East Sea), said the General Staff in the South Korean capital Seoul.

Reports by the South Korean news agency Yonhap that it could be an ICBM with a range of several thousand kilometers were not initially confirmed by the top command.

UN resolutions ban North Korea, a self-declared nuclear power, from testing ballistic missiles of any range that can be armed with a nuclear warhead.