North Korea fires mid-range ballistic missile that flies over Japan

By Agence France-Presse

Oct 04, 2022 8:56 am

SEOUL: North Korea fired a mid-range ballistic missile on Tuesday which flew over Japan, Seoul and Tokyo said, a significant escalation as Pyongyang ramps up its record-breaking weapons-testing blitz.

The last time North Korea fired a missile over Japan was reportedly in 2017, at the height of a period of 'fire and fury' when Pyongyang's leader Kim Jong Un traded insults with then-US president Donald Trump.

A man walks past a public television screen in Tokyo on October 4, 2022, displaying file missile footage during a broadcast about an early morning North Korean missile launch which prompted an evacuation alert over northeastern Japan. AFP PHOTO

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