The US State Department condemned North Korea's missile test today, Tuesday, and considered it a threat to its neighbors and the international community, while calling on Pyongyang to engage in dialogue.

"The United States condemns the missile launch of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea," the ministry said in a statement, stressing that this missile test constitutes a violation of numerous resolutions issued by the United Nations Security Council and poses a threat to North Korea's neighbors and the international community.

"We remain committed to a diplomatic approach to the DPRK and invite it to engage in dialogue," she added.

"While this event does not, in our assessment, pose a direct threat to United States personnel, territory, or our allies, the missile launches highlight the destabilizing impact of the weapons program," the US Indo-Pacific Command said in a statement. illegal" to Pyongyang.

While the US military affirmed in its statement that it "closely consults with its allies and partners" on this issue, it stressed that "the United States' commitment to defending the Republic of Korea and Japan remains unwavering."

Pyongyang accuses Washington of double standards (Getty Images)

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Earlier on Tuesday, the South Korean military announced that North Korea had fired an unidentified projectile into the sea off its eastern coast.

The South Korean military gave no further details, while the Japanese Defense Ministry said, without elaborating, that it appeared to be a ballistic missile.

The announcement came before North Korea's ambassador to the United Nations urged the United States to abandon its hostile policy toward Pyongyang, saying that no one could deprive his country of its right to self-defense and to test weapons.

North Korea accuses Seoul and Washington of "double standards", saying they denounce its development of weapons while continuing their military activities.

The two Koreas launched ballistic missiles on September 15, in the latest incident in a race between the two rival countries to develop advanced weapons.

Washington at the time condemned North Korea's test, and a separate test it conducted days before, which experts said may be its first cruise missile capable of carrying a nuclear warhead, as a threat to its neighbors, but it did not address Seoul's test of a submarine-launched ballistic missile.

North Korea has since issued a series of statements expressing its willingness to restart the stalled inter-Korean talks and to consider holding another summit if Seoul scraps its double standards and hostile policy toward Pyongyang.

Neither the US military's Pacific Command nor the US State Department immediately responded to requests for comment.