North Korea launches missiles hitting maximum height of 800 km
(VOVWORLD) -North Korea launched an apparent ballistic missile on Wednesday, said Japan’s Defense Ministry. It added that the missile had traveled 500 kilometers, while hitting a maximum height of 800 km and landing in the Sea of Japan outside Japan’s exclusive economic zone.
 People watch North Korea's launch of a projectile on TV at a railway station in Seoul, South Korea, May 4. Photo: AFP/VNA
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South Korean military made similar assessment, days after North Korean leader Kim Jong Un vowed to speed up the development of his nuclear weapons “at the fastest possible pace”.
South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement that the missile was fired from the North’s capital region and flew to the waters off its eastern coast. The launch, the North’s 14th round of weapons firing this year, also came six days before a new conservative South Korean president takes office for a single five-year term.