▲ A ballistic missile is launched toward the East Sea from the Jangyon area in South Hwanghae Province on March 14, 2023, in this file photo released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency the following day. (For Use Only in the Republic of Korea. No Redistribution) (Yonhap)

N Korea-missile launch

N. Korea fires ballistic missile toward East Sea: S. Korean military

SEOUL, June 26 (Yonhap) -- North Korea fired an unidentified ballistic missile toward the East Sea on Wednesday, South Korea's military said.

The Joint Chiefs of Staff said it detected the launch but gave no further details, saying an analysis is under way.

The latest launch took place amid heightened cross-border tensions over North Korea's continued launches of trash-carrying balloons to the South.

The North last launched multiple short-range ballistic missiles into the East Sea on May 30.

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