North Korea fires ballistic missile toward sea, South Korea says

Men walk past a TV broadcasting a news report on North Korea firing a ballistic missile off its east coast, in Seoul, South Korea/File: Reuters

SEOUL: North Korea launched a ballistic missile toward its eastern waters on Thursday, South Korea’s military said, hours after the North threatened to launch “fiercer” military responses to the U.S. bolstering of its security commitment to its allies South Korea and Japan.