North Korea launched a ballistic missile, the world agencies reported, quoted by BTA.

The attempt came as the US and South Korea were conducting their most significant joint military maneuvers in five years.

Pyongyang views these exercises as a rehearsal for an invasion.

The missile was fired in an easterly direction and likely fell outside Japan's exclusive economic zone.

On Thursday, North Korea conducted another missile test, and it was of its most powerful missile, the Hwasong-17 intercontinental ballistic missile.

Then, this test was carried out just before a visit to Japan by South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol.

The test is believed to have been in response to South Korea and Washington's 10-day military drills.

Since the beginning of the year, Pyongyang has already carried out eight missile launches.

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Today's test is believed to have been of a short-range ballistic missile.

The launch was registered in the area of ​​Tonchchan, where there is a missile range, at around 11:05 a.m. local time.

The missile flew at an altitude of 50 kilometers and a distance of 800 kilometers, the Japanese Ministry of Defense said.

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