North Korea fires another test missile

Seoul

NORTH Korea conducted another ballistic missile test on Sunday, ratcheting up tensions in the region as Kim Jong Un persists with his nuclear programme.

The projectile was fired from Pukchang, northeast of Pyongyang, at 4.59 pm and flew about 500 kilometres, South Korea's joint chiefs of staff said. The US is aware of the launch and believes the missile has a shorter range than the three tested most recently, an administration official said. Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said it landed in the Sea of Japan and didn't reach the nation's exclusive economic zone.