Europe 1 with AFP 8:22 p.m., October 8, 2022

North Korea has again fired a ballistic missile at sea, the seventh in a fortnight.

The missile fell outside Japan's exclusive economic zone, but once again stoked the country's tensions with South Korea, Japan and the United States.

North Korea fired a ballistic missile into the sea overnight from Saturday to Sunday, the seventh in two weeks, the South Korean military said, as quoted by the Yonhap news agency.

South Korean army chiefs of staff did not give further details.

The Japanese Prime Minister's Office confirmed the shooting on Twitter.

"North Korea has carried out a suspected ballistic missile launch. More details will follow," they said.

Tensions with the United States

The missile appears to have landed outside of Japan's exclusive economic zone, Japanese government officials said, and according to that country's coast guard, no damage to a Japanese vessel has been reported, according to the Japanese channel. NHK.

The firing came after joint maneuvers between the armies of the United States and South Korea, which ended on Saturday according to Yonhap, and exercises with Japan earlier in the week.

This firing is the latest in a series, including, on Tuesday, that of an intermediate-range ballistic missile over Japan, where the populations concerned had to be asked to take shelter.

North Korea has justified its series of missile tests by American "military threats".