1st LD Writethru: DPRK fires Musudan ballistic missile from east coast

The Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea (DPRK) fired what is believed an intermediate-range Musudan ballistic missile from its east coast on Wednesday morning, Yonhap news agency reported citing military authorities.

The Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) was quoted as saying that the DPRK launched a missile, believed to have been Musudan, at about 5:58 a.m. local time from its Wonsan area in its east coastal region.

The South Korean military has been closely monitoring relevant situations after saying on Tuesday that the Musudan missile was deployed in the east coast to conduct the fifth test-launch of the missile, which is known to be capable of hitting part of the U.S. territory such as Guam and the outer reaches of Alaska. Enditem