North Korea Launches Unidentified Projectile into Yellow Sea

Translation resultSouth Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said on June 26 that North Korea fired an unidentified projectile into the Yellow Sea. The Joint Chiefs are analyzing the projectile’s characteristics and range. On May 19, North Korea launched multiple short-range ballistic missiles it said were fitted with cluster warheads from the Sinpo area of South Hamgyong Province into the East Sea. If the latest projectile is confirmed as a ballistic missile, it would be North Korea’s first such launch in 37 days and its eighth of the year.