South Korean Foreign Ministry: diplomats from Seoul, Washington and Tokyo discussed the launch of the DPRK missile

This was reported by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Korea.

"The special representatives of the three countries sharply condemned the launch of a ballistic missile by North Korea as a violation of a number of UN Security Council resolutions and a provocation that threatens peace in the region and on the Korean Peninsula," the report said.

The parties also agreed to continue strengthening cooperation in order to "lead a resolute and unified response of the international community" to the provocations of the DPRK.

Earlier, the Yonhap agency, citing the South Korean military, reported on the launch of a ballistic missile towards the Sea of Japan from the DPRK.

Subsequently, the military clarified that a short-range ballistic missile was fired from the area of the Tongchangni test site.

Japan protested to North Korea through diplomatic channels amid North Korea's latest missile test.