North Korea Missile Launched From Sub Last Week Appears Same Model as Last Year’s: Japan Minister

A North Korean flag flutters on top of a 160-metre tower in North Korea's propaganda village of Gijungdong, picture taken from the Tae Sung freedom village near the Military Demarcation Line (MDL), inside the demilitarised zone separating the two Koreas, in Paju, South Korea, on April 24, 2018. Kim Hong-Ji/Reuters

TOKYO—The ballistic missile North Korea launched last week appears to be the same model as the submarine-launched missile Pyongyang tested last October, Japanese Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi said on Tuesday.

North Korea fired a ballistic missile from a submarine on Saturday, days before the inauguration of new South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol and U.S. President Joe Biden’s visit to South Korea and Japan.