North Korea Fires Missile and Shells, Flies Warplanes Near Border; South Korea Imposes Sanctions

A TV screen shows file images of North Korea's missile launch during a news program at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, on Oct. 13, 2022. Ahn Young-joon/AP Photo

SEOUL, South Korea—North Korea fired a ballistic missile and hundreds of artillery shells toward the sea Friday and flew warplanes near the tense border with South Korea, further raising animosities triggered by the North’s recent barrage of weapons tests.

South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement the short-range missile lifted off from the North’s capital region at 1:49 a.m. Friday (1649 GMT Thursday; 12:49 p.m. ET Thursday) and flew toward its eastern waters.