YEMEN Press Agency

North Korea launches unidentified projectile toward Sea of Japan

SANAA, Jan. 27 (YPA) – North Korea fired an unidentified projectile into the Sea of Japan off its east coast, South Korea’s Yonhap news agency reported on Wednesday

It was Pyongyang’s sixth missile test this month.

Yonhap quoted the South Korean military as saying that Pyongyang fired an unidentified missile Thursday toward the East Sea, the sixth such launch of Pyongyang this year.

The South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff announced the launch in a text message sent to reporters.

No further details were given.

E.M