![A missile flies during what state media KCNA says is a test-launch of a strategic cruise missile designed to demonstrate the readiness posture of various nuclear capabilities, over the sea off the west coast of the Korean peninsula, February 26, 2025, in this photo released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency on February 27, 2025 [KCNA via Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/2025-02-27T221106Z_1599805176_RC293DAIPBJF_RTRMADP_3_NORTHKOREA-MISSILES-1790737147.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
South KoreaâÂÂs military says North Korea has fired at least one ballistic missile towards the sea off its east coast.
South KoreaâÂÂs Joint Chiefs of Staff said on Saturday morning that its northern neighbour fired a ballistic missile from the port city of Wonsan on the eastern shore of the Korean Peninsula.
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The South Korean military raised an alert for further launches.
Japan issued an emergency alert on Saturday, saying: âÂÂNorth Korea has launched a suspected ballistic missile.âÂÂ
The launch came a day after Kim Yo Jong, the powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, ridiculed South Korean demands for the North to apologise over landmine blasts that South Korea and the US-led United Nations Command said were caused by North Korean mines planted south of the Military Demarcation Line.
The blasts seriously injured three South Korean soldiers on a reconnaissance mission inside the 4km-wide (2.5-mile) border zone that stretches across the Korean Peninsula.
South Korea has also called on the North to halt recent efforts to fortify its border, including the installation of mines and anti-tank barriers.
Kim Yo Jong dismissed SeoulâÂÂs demands as âÂÂutterly patheticâÂÂ, saying the North intends to permanently cut ties with the South.
SaturdayâÂÂs launch was the latest in a series of North Korean military displays in recent weeks, including tests of a purported hypersonic missile system, live-fire exercises and the commissioning of a new warship.