SEOUL, South Korea—North Korea early Friday launched a short-range ballistic missile toward its eastern waters and flew warplanes near the border with South Korea, the South’s military said, further raising animosities triggered by the North’s recent barrage of weapons tests.
South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement the missile lifted off from the North’s capital region at 1:49 a.m. (12:49 p.m. ET Thursday).
It said South Korea boosted its surveillance posture and maintains military readiness in close coordination with the United States.
The Japanese Defense Ministry and prime minister’s office also wrote on Twitter that North Korea launched a possible missile….