SEOUL: North Korea launched a ballistic missile Tuesday, the South’s military said, just days after Seoul’s new leader Moon Jae-In and US President Donald Trump focused on the threat from Pyongyang in their first summit. The “unidentified ballistic missile” was fired from a site near Banghyon in North Phyongan province, the South’s military said in a statement, and came down in the East Sea, the Korean name for the Sea of Japan. At their summit in Washington at the weekend, Trump declared that the US had run out of patience with North Korea over its weapons drive, which includes developing a missile capable of delivering a warhead to the US mainland. “Together, we are facing the threat of the reckless and brutal regime in North Korea,” Trump said. “The nuclear and ballistic missile programs of that regime require a determined response.” AFPAFP/CC

Source: Manila Times July 04, 2017 01:41 UTC