North Korea fires ballistic missile, lands outside Japan's EEZ

North Korea launched a ballistic missile toward the Sea of Japan on Tuesday, with the projectile falling into waters outside Japan's exclusive economic zone, the Japanese Defense Ministry said.The missile was fired in a northeasterly direction from North Korea's west coast at 6:52 a.m., flying over 650 kilometers at a maximum altitude of about 100 km, according to the ministry. There were no reports of damage to aircraft or vessels.The South Korean military said the North fired what appeared to be an intermediate-range ballistic missile into the Sea of Japan. It detected the missile launch …READ FULL ARTICLE