US slams N Korea missile test

THE US government last night denounced North Korea’s “bullying” after reports it had launched a short-range missile into the Sea of Japan, in a test.

“It appears that there was a test of a short-range missile by the North Koreans and it landed in the Sea of Japan,” White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card said.

US officials said the military picked up indications that there was a new missile test, but US agencies were still assessing the information to determine exactly what took place.