North Korea fires ballic missile towards the sea off its east coast | World News
A visitor watches North Korean side from the unification observatory in Paju, South Korea, on December. 25, 2025. (Photo: AP)
North Korea fired a ballic missile towards the sea off its east coast, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement on Sunday.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un called for more than double the production of tactical guided weapons on his latest visit to a munitions factory, North Korea’s state media reported on Sunday.
A North Korean flag flutters in the wind atop a 160-meter (525-foot) tower in the North’s Kijong-dong village near the truce village of Panmunjom, seen from Paju, South Korea, near the border with North Korea, on December. 25, 2025. (AP Photo)
In recent weeks, Kim has made a series of visits to factories that build weapons, as well as to a nuclear-powered submarine, and has overseen missile tests ahead of next year’s Ninth Party Congress of the Workers’ Party, convened to set out major policy goals.
