Beijing — China has recently tested a new type of guided missile in a north-eastern sea near the Korean peninsula, the defence ministry said on Tuesday, hours after South Korean elections were held amid regional tensions. The test in the Bohai Sea was conducted to "raise the operational capability of the armed forces and effectively respond to threats to national security", the ministry said in a brief statement, which did not say when the launch took place, only that it happened "recently". It did not give any details about the missile nor the type of platform from which it was launched. The announcement came as South Koreans elected left-leaning former human rights lawyer Moon Jae-in in a presidential election held after a scandal led to the impeachment of the country’s previous leader. The test also came as China, the US and the Koreas are locked in a complex diplomatic spat over Pyongyang’s missile launches and potential new nuclear tests. The US military has installed an anti-m...
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