Local TV images after North Korea fired a missile that flew over northern Japan before crashing into the sea. The missile broke into three pieces before it landed, local media reported TOSHIFUMI KITAMURA/AFP/GETTY IMAGESNorth Korea fired a ballistic missile over northern Japan this morning, provoking anger from Tokyo and dashing tentative efforts by the United States to engage Kim Jong-un in dialogue. According to information from the Japanese and South Korean governments the missile was launched at about 5.58am Japanese time from Sunan, just north of the North Korean capital Pyongyang, and passed a few minutes later over Hokkaido, the northernmost of Japan’s main islands. Japan Self-Defence Forces soldiers take part in a drill to mobilise their Patriot missile unit in response to a missile launch by North Korea, at USAF Yokota air base on the outskirts of Tokyo today Issei Kato/ReutersIt broke up into three pieces and landed in the Pacific Ocean, 733 miles east of Cape Erimo in Hokkaido. The South Korean military reported that it flew a total distance of 1,678 miles and reached a maximum height of 340 miles, suggesting that it was a medium-range weapon and not an intercontinental…

Source: The Times August 28, 2017 23:15 UTC