North Korea test-fires new ballistic missile: South Korean military
Iran Press TV
Fri Apr 28, 2017 9:51PM
North Korea has reportedly test-fired a ballistic missile from a location north of the capital Pyongyang, amid escalating tensions with the United States and neighboring South Korea.
"North Korea fired an unidentified missile from a site in the vicinity of Bukchang in Pyeongannam-do (South Pyeongan province) early this morning," South Korea's Yonhap news agency reported on Saturday, quoting a statement released by South Korea's military.
A US government source told Reuters that based on initial indications, the missile test was unsuccessful. No further details were immediately available. Yonhap news agency also reported that the missile exploded a few seconds into flight.
The reported test-launch comes only a few hours after the United Nations Security Council convened on the situation in the Korean Peninsula.
During the meeting, US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson warned that "all options" regarding North Korea "must remain on the table" due to the "threat of a North Korean nuclear attack" on Seoul Korea, Japan or the US mainland.
Tillerson made the remarks hours after US President Donald Trump warned that a "major conflict" with North Korea was "absolutely" possible in the ongoing standoff over its nuclear and missile programs.
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