North Korea fires suspected ballistic missile into sea

North Korea on Saturday fired a suspected ballistic missile into the sea, according to its neighbours’ militaries (Ahn Young-Joon/AP)

North Korea has fired a suspected ballistic missile into the sea, according to its neighbours’ militaries.

South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said on Saturday it detected a single launch of a presumed ballistic missile from an area near the North Korean capital of Pyongyang toward the country’s eastern waters, but it did not immediately say how far the weapon flew.