North Korea launches short-range missile

North Korea launches short-range missile-North Korea king Pyongyang

North Korea on Saturday launched a short-range missile in the Japan Sea. South Korea's military said on Thursday that North Korea launched the missiles to pressurize the United States to resolve the deadlock over nuclear talks with Washington. After more than a year, Pyongyang conducted such a test.

South Korean army's Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement that a short-range missile was launched in the northeast of Hodo Peninsula, near the eastern coastal city of Onsan. The program runs from 9am to 9.27am, "he said, adding that missiles travel around 70 to 200 kilometers towards the East Sea or Japan Sea.