North Korea fires 'unidentified projectile'

By Agence France-Presse

Feb 28, 2022 12:30 am

(UPDATED) SEOUL, South Korea: North Korea has fired an 'unidentified projectile,' South Korea's military said early Sunday, what would be Pyongyang's eighth launch this year after a month of relative calm on the peninsula during the Beijing Olympics.

Pyongyang carried out a record-breaking blitz of weapons tests last month, including its most powerful missile since 2017, when leader Kim Jong Un baited then-US president Donald Trump with a spate of provocative launches.

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