North Korea Launches Ballistic Missile Toward Its Eastern Waters

The launch comes amid rising tensions and recent U.S.–South Korea defense talks.

People sit in front of a television screen showing a news broadcast with file footage of a North Korean missile test, at a train station in Seoul, South Korea, on Oct. 22, 2025. Jung Yeon-je/AFP via Getty Images

North Korea fired a ballistic missile toward its eastern waters on Nov. 7, South Korea and Japan said, marking Pyongyang’s second launch in less than three weeks after conducting a test ahead of U.S. President Donald Trump’s visit to South Korea last month.

The suspected short-range ballistic missile was launched from North Korea’s northwest region near the border with China, according to South Korea’s military. It said the missile traveled a distance of about 435 miles.