North Korea Fires Missile, Adding to Weekend of Provocations
- Kim Jong Un guiding a policy-setting meeting for the new year
- Nation has fired off a record number of missiles in 2022
An airport TV screen displays a news program with footage of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, in Seoul.
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North Korea fired a suspected ballistic missile early Sunday, adding to the barrage launched a day earlier, as Kim Jong Un leads a major political meeting to set policy for 2023.
The suspected missile has likely already fallen, Japan’s Coast Guard said early Sunday. The launch comes after North Korea also fired at least three missiles Saturday from an area south of Pyongyang in North Hwanghae province toward waters off its east coast.