North Korea Fires Ballistic Missile Into Sea as South Korea, US Step Up Deterrence Plans

North Korea Fires Ballistic Missile Into Sea as South Korea, US Step Up Deterrence Plans
What the North Korean regime says is an intercontinental ballistic missile in a launching drill at the Sunan international airport in Pyongyang, North Korea, on March 16, 2023. Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP
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SEOUL, South Korea—North Korea on Sunday fired a short-range ballistic missile into the sea, South Korea said, in a possible display of defiance against the latest steps by Washington and Seoul to tighten their nuclear deterrence plans against North Korean threats.

South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said the missile was fired from an area near the North Korean capital of Pyongyang at around 10:38 p.m. and flew 570 kilometers (354 miles) before landing in the sea.