N Korea fires projectile, UN envoy says has right to test arms

South Korea says unidentified projectile was fired early on Tuesday morning, the third weapons launch this month.

North Korea fired at least one projectile into the sea early on Tuesday morning, South Korea’s military said, shortly before Pyongyang’s representative told the United Nations the country had the right to test weapons because of the “hostile” policies directed against it.

At least one unidentified projectile was launched into the sea off North Korea’s eastern coast on Tuesday, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said.

It is the third launch this month after Pyongyang previously tested a “strategic” cruise missile and a railway-borne ballistic missile.