N.Korea fires another missile

Seoul May 21 (IANS) North Korea on Sunday launched an unidentified projectile just a week after Pyongyang carried out its most successful ballistic missile test South Korean military has confirmed.

North Korea fired an unidentified projectile from a site in the vicinity of Pukchang in Pyeongannam-do South Pyeongan province and it flew for about 500 km Yonhap news agency quoted the Joint Chiefs of Staff as saying in a statement.

On May 14 North Korea launched the a Hwasong-12 ballistic missile which flew for about 30 minutes and landed in water 100 km south of Russia s Vladivostok region the home of the Russian Pacific Fleet reports CNN.

North Korea has attempted at least 10 missile launches on seven occasions since January.

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