{"id":2154024,"date":"2026-09-20T08:07:39","date_gmt":"2026-09-20T05:07:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2154024"},"modified":"2026-09-20T08:07:39","modified_gmt":"2026-09-20T05:07:39","slug":"north-korea-launches-suspected-ballistic-missile-into-east-sea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2154024","title":{"rendered":"North Korea launches &#8216;suspected ballistic missile&#8217; into East Sea"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/92\/02\/22\/1200x675_cmsv2_8159f572-b225-5066-b5a0-7854f2047951-9920222.jpg&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article id=\"abe-2927219-pos1-c-latest-stories\" class=\"the-media-object m-modeMobile-1 m-modeDesktop-1 m-modeXL-1\" data-nid=\"2927219\" data-cid=\"9920483\" data-part-label=\"Partner content\">\n<figure id=\"abe-2927219-label-pos1-c-latest-stories\" class=\"the-media-object__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" 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loading=\"lazy\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"c-article-summary\">\n        In August, Trump told reporters that North Korean leader Kim Jong-un had &#8220;57 very powerful nuclear weapons&#8221; as he once again touted the pair&#8217;s relationship.<br \/>\n    <\/h2>\n<div class=\"c-article-content js-article-content\">\n<p>North Korea on Sunday carried out a launch of a &#8220;suspected ballistic missile,&#8221; the Japanese Prime Minister&#8217;s office said, while South Korea&#8217;s military reported that Pyongyang had fired an &#8220;unidentified projectile&#8221; into the East Sea.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"c-ad u-show-for-mobile-only\">\n<div class=\"c-ad__placeholder\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-ad__placeholder__logo\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/website\/images\/logos\/logo-euronews-stacked-outlined-72x72-grey-9.svg\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" alt loading=\"lazy\"><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-ad 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Energy Agency&#8217;s resolution had &#8220;no effect on the DPRK&#8217;s position as a nuclear weapons state.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In August, Trump told reporters that North Korean leader Kim Jong-un had &#8220;57 very powerful nuclear weapons&#8221; as he once again touted the pair&#8217;s relationship.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You know what, the fact that I get along with him, that&#8217;s a good thing not a bad thing,&#8221; Trump said, adding that Pyongyang&#8217;s nuclear arsenal should &#8220;never&#8221; have been allowed to happen.<\/p>\n<p>Trump announced at the time that he also intended to meet with Kim later this year, although he gave no further details on the plan &#8211; which would be their first meeting since Trump&#8217;s first term in the White House.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, South Korean President Lee Jae Myung said he was &#8220;urging&#8221; Trump to maintain dialogue with Pyongyang, adding that Seoul was working to facilitate talks between the North and the US.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I cannot say for certain how likely it is, but it is also clear that we must make every possible effort to turn that possibility into reality,&#8221; he said of the potential for a meeting between US and North Korean officials.<\/p>\n<p>However, hopes for an imminent meeting may have been doused slightly after Kim&#8217;s powerful sister, Kim Yo Jong, criticised recent military drills in the Western Pacific, which she labelled a &#8220;US-led war rehearsal.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The US, South Korea and Japan wrapped up Exercise Freedom Edge 26, which US Pacific Command said advanced &#8220;trilateral readiness across the Indo-Pacific,&#8221; on 11 September.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our will to defend our sovereignty will be expressed in clearer action and there will be never ever change in the course of intensifying the nuclear war deterrence,&#8221; Kim Yo Jong added in a statement shared by North Korea&#8217;s KCNA state news agency on Friday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<footer class=\"perf-cv-auto 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Ancient Nazi U-boat lies off Norway<br \/>\n  <\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"articleBody\" data-key=\"articleBody\">North Korea on Sunday carried out a launch of a &#8220;suspected ballistic missile,&#8221; the Japanese Prime Minister&#8217;s office said, while South Korea&#8217;s military reported that Pyongyang had fired an &#8220;unidentified projectile&#8221; into the East Sea.In an update later in the day, Japanese Defence Minister Shinjiro Koizumi said North Korea had launched &#8220;at least one ballistic missile from near its eastern coast towards the northeast&#8221; at around 3 pm local time.&#8221;We estimate that the ballistic missile reached a maximum altitude of approximately 60 km, flew a distance of approximately 440 km, and fell outside Japan\u2019s exclusive economic zone (EEZ),&#8221; he said.It comes after North Korea this week rejected a resolution by the UN nuclear watchdog against its nuclear programme.A spokesperson for the country&#8217;s Foreign Ministry said the International Atomic Energy Agency&#8217;s resolution had &#8220;no effect on the DPRK&#8217;s position as a nuclear weapons state.&#8221;In August, Trump told reporters that North Korean leader Kim Jong-un had &#8220;57 very powerful nuclear weapons&#8221; as he once again touted the pair&#8217;s relationship.&#8221;You know what, the fact that I get along with him, that&#8217;s a good thing not a bad thing,&#8221; Trump said, adding that Pyongyang&#8217;s nuclear arsenal should &#8220;never&#8221; have been allowed to happen.Trump announced at the time that he also intended to meet with Kim later this year, although he gave no further details on the plan &#8211; which would be their first meeting since Trump&#8217;s first term in the White House.On Friday, South Korean President Lee Jae Myung said he was &#8220;urging&#8221; Trump to maintain dialogue with Pyongyang, adding that Seoul was working to facilitate talks between the North and the US.&#8221;I cannot say for certain how likely it is, but it is also clear that we must make every possible effort to turn that possibility into reality,&#8221; he said of the potential for a meeting between US and North Korean officials.However, hopes for an imminent meeting may have been doused slightly after Kim&#8217;s powerful sister, Kim Yo Jong, criticised recent military drills in the Western Pacific, which she labelled a &#8220;US-led war rehearsal.&#8221;The US, South Korea and Japan wrapped up Exercise Freedom Edge 26, which US Pacific Command said advanced &#8220;trilateral readiness across the Indo-Pacific,&#8221; 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