00:00North Korea has fired a ballistic missile towards the Sea of Japan, days before major military drills between the United
00:07States and South Korea are due to begin.
00:10South Korea and Japan have condemned the launch, which marks North Korea's 11th suspected ballistic missile test this year.
00:19South Korea's military detected the missile being launched from the Wonsan area of North Korea's east coast early Wednesday.
00:26The missile traveled about 700 kilometers before falling into waters outside Japan's exclusive economic zone.
00:34The launch comes days before the United States and South Korea are due to begin 11 days of joint military
00:41drills aimed at countering North Korea's evolving nuclear and weapons capabilities.
00:46Pyongyang has long condemned the drills as rehearsals for an invasion and has carried out missile tests around the exercises
00:53in the past.
00:54The latest launch also comes less than a week after North Korea test-fired another short-range ballistic missile from
01:01the same area.
01:02North Korea has also escalated its rhetoric against Japan.
01:06A day before the launch, state media accused Tokyo of using North Korea's security threat to justify a military build
01:13-up.
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