North Korea fires another missile into the sea before China-US summit
Seoul — North Korea test-fired a ballistic missile into the sea off its east coast on Wednesday, South Korea’s military said. This was ahead of a summit between US and Chinese leaders who were set to discuss Pyongyang’s increasingly defiant arms programme. The missile flew about 60km from its launch site at Sinpo, a port city on North Korea’s east coast, the South Korean office of the joint chiefs of staff said in a statement. Sinpo is home to a North Korean submarine base. The launch came just a day before the start of a summit between US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping, where talks about adding pressure on the north to drop its arms development will take centre stage. "The launch took place possibly in consideration of the US-China summit, while at the same time it was to check its missile capability," a South Korean official said regarding the military’s initial assessment of the launch. The missile was fired at a high angle and reached an altitude of 189k...
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