Overview
- South Korea’s Joint Chiefs confirmed an eastbound ballistic launch into the sea, the first in about five months and the first since President Lee Jae Myung took office, with no details on type or range released.
- The test comes days before the APEC summit in Gyeongju, which will bring President Donald Trump and President Xi Jinping to South Korea.
- Yonhap reported, citing military sources, that North Korea likely fired multiple short‑range missiles from North Hwanghae province toward the north‑northeast.
- South Korea said it has intensified surveillance, remains at the highest alert level, and is sharing information with the United States and Japan.
- Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said no projectiles entered Japan’s territorial waters or exclusive economic zone and there were no reports of damage.