North Korea fires intermediate-range ballistic missile, falls in sea

SEOUL/TOKYO - North Korea fired what is believed to have been an intermediate-range ballistic missile toward the Sea of Japan on Sunday, marking its first such activity of the year and coming less than a month after it launched a solid-fuel intercontinental ballistic missile, the South Korean military said.The military said one missile was fired at around 2:55 p.m. from near Pyongyang and, after flying about a thousand kilometers, fell into the sea. The Japanese government confirmed that the projectile fell outside Japan's exclusive economic zone.The launch came as tensions remain high on t…READ FULL ARTICLE