North Korea fires suspected ballistic missile toward Sea of Japan

North Korea fired what appeared to be a ballistic missile toward the Sea of Japan on Wednesday, its first launch of a projectile since last October, the Japanese and South Korean governments said, a move likely to prompt Tokyo to further study acquiring enemy base strike capabilities.Japan's Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi told reporters the projectile was likely launched from an inland area of North Korea toward the east and was presumed to have landed outside the Japanese exclusive economic zone.Kishi said the latest launch follows the launch by Pyongyang of some 40 missiles since May 2019 t…READ FULL ARTICLE