South Korea Says North Korea Test-Fired Missile Toward Sea
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North Korea has dialed up its testing activities to a record pace in 2022, testing more than 30 ballistic weapons.
North Korea fired a short-range ballistic missile Sunday toward its eastern seas, extending a provocative streak in weapons testing as a U.S. aircraft carrier visits South Korea for joint military exercises in response to the North's growing nuclear threat.
South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said the missile launched from the western inland town of Taechon flew 370 miles cross-country on a maximum altitude of 37 miles before landing in waters off North Korea's eastern coast.
South Korea's presidential office said National Security Director Kim Sung-han called an emergency National Security Council meeting where members denounced the launch as a clear violation of U.N. Security Council resolutions and accused the North of raising tensions in the region.
