North Korea fires what appears to be ballistic missile

North Korea on Tuesday fired what appeared to be a ballistic missile in the second such launch in two weeks, with the projectile believed to have splashed into waters outside of Japan's exclusive economic zone, Japanese government officials said.South Korea's military said North Korea fired a short-range missile at around 6:40 a.m. into the sea off its east coast from Mupyong-ri, an inland location in Jagang Province near the border with China.It did not say whether the projectile was a ballistic missile, which North Korea is banned from testing under U.N. Security Council resolutions.The l…READ FULL ARTICLE