Updated Feb. 27, 2022 7:33 pm ET
SEOUL—North Korea launched a suspected ballistic missile off its east coast on Sunday morning, Tokyo and Seoul authorities said, restarting weapons tests after nearly a month of inaction.
The single missile was fired around 7:52 a.m. local time from the Sunan area, Seoul’s military said.
It traveled around 185 miles and hit an altitude of more than 370 miles, before splashing into the waters between Korea and Japan, Tokyo’s military said.
Jean Lee on missile test:
But with global attention diverted to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, North Korea might see this time as a chance to test weapons without as much risk of punishment, said Jean H. Lee, a senior fellow at the Korea program at the Wilson Center, a think tank in Washington.
“Regardless, I think Kim has his own timeline and goals for new weapons in 2022,” Ms. Lee said. “He wants to have new weapons to unveil this spring. Tests get him closer to perfecting the technology.”
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