North Korea launched a ballistic missile through Japan, forcing the country to issue evacuation orders to residents.

North Korea has launched a rocket.

The Japanese Prime Minister's office later announced that a North Korean ballistic missile flew over the territory of the country, while the Japanese Coast Guard said that the missile had fallen into the sea and warned the vehicles.

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida condemned North Korea's move.

The North Korean ballistic missile tried in March 2021.

The South Korean Chief of Staff Council confirmed that North Korea had launched a bullet to the east, saying this could be a mid -range ballistic missile but have not published the type and parameters.

North Korea has not commented on information.

This is the 5th North Korean missile test in the past 10 days, conducted in the context of the US, Japan and South Korea last weekend the three -party naval rehearsal with many contents, including trains hunting

The Korean intelligence community assesses that North Korea's nuclear test may take place in the period from October 16 to November 7, near the midterm election in the US.

North Korea has tested nuclear weapons 6 times since 2006 and the nearest September 2017.

President Yoon Su-Yeol said South Korea and the United States will retaliate fiercely and overwhelm if North Korea tries to use nuclear weapons.

North Korea thinks that the US and South Korea are at risk of sparking a war in the peninsula, after the two countries started the joint naval exercise.