North Korea fires ‘unidentified projectile’ which passes over Japan
RT,
28
August, 2017
Pyongyang
has launched a missile which, according to the Japanese government,
passed over northern Japan.
The
Japanese government activated its J-Alert warning system after North
Korea fired an unidentified missile early Tuesday morning.
The
North Korean missile passed over Japanese territory around 6:06am
local time, Reuters reports. The Japanese military did not attempt to
shoot down the missile but warned people to take precautions.
Meanwhile,
South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said Pyongyang fired
a “projectile...
in the direction of the East Sea (Sea of Japan) at
5:57am,” according to
Yonhap. It added that the American and S. Korean militaries are now
analyzing the latest North Korean missile launch.
DETAILS
TO FOLLOW
北,평양순안 일대서 동해 방향 발사체 발사(3보)
North Korea Fires Three Missiles - Overflew Japan!
North Korea has launched
three missiles which overflew Japan sovereign territory, and landed
east of Hokkaido in the ocean.
Japanese citizens received
Missile Alerts telling them to take cover.
This is a developing story,
check back for updates.
UPDATE 5:49 PM EDT --
0558 Launch
0606 Hokkaido fly-over
0612 Land in Pacific
1,180km off Hollaido coast
(All times JST)
And from RT
MISSILE LITERALLY FIRED OVER JAPAN (WW3)
Asian
shares were mostly lower Tuesday, as the region was rattled by a
ballistic missile launch in which the projectile flew over Japan and
fell into the Pacific Ocean.
KEEPING
SCORE: Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 fell 0.6 percent to 19,331.50,
while Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 dipped nearly 1.0 percent to
5,653.60 in early trading. South Korea’s Kospi lost 1.4 percent to
2,337.88. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng shed 0.2 percent to 27,802.15,
while the Shanghai Composite inched up nearly 0.2 percent to
3,367.99.
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