North Korea launches ballistic missile towards sea, South Korea says

North Korea has fired a ballistic missile towards the sea, its first missile launch in about a month, South Korea said (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service/AP)

North Korea has fired a ballistic missile towards the sea, its first missile launch in about a month, South Korea said.

South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said the launch took place on Sunday but gave no further details such as how far the weapon flew.