North Korea launched a ballistic missile overnight on September 18 toward the East Sea. The airborne target fell outside Japan’s exclusive economic zone, according to the South Korean edition of Yonhap News and the Japanese news agency NHK.

SEOUL/TOKYO -North Korea fired multiple short-range ballistic missiles on Wednesday toward its east coast, South Korea and Japan said, days after Pyongyang unveiled a uranium enrichment facility and vowed to beef up its nuclear arsenal.

North Korea on Wednesday test-fired multiple ballistic missiles toward its eastern seas, the South Korean and Japanese militaries said, adding to its military demonstrations as tensions with Washington and neighbors escalate.

North Korea fired a suspected ballistic missile in what would be it second such barrage this month, as Kim Jong Un’s regime intensifies a threat to expand its nuclear weapons program.

North Korea fired an unidentified ballistic missile eastward on Wednesday, South Korea's military said. The Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said it detected the launch but gave no further details, saying an analysis is under way.