North Korea fires ballistic missile: South Korea military
News coverage showing file footage of a North Korean missile launch is seen on a screen at a train station in Seoul on Aug. 6, 2026. (AFP)
North Korea fired a short-range ballistic missile over the Sea of Japan on Aug. 6, Seoul's military said, with the launch coming after Pyongyang lambasted Japan's military build-up in the Pacific.
North Korea, which since 2019 has repeatedly declared itself an "irreversible" nuclear state, featured among growing regional threats in a recent Japanese government assessment.
Tokyo's defense minister, Shinjiro Koizumi, said this week that Japan's military needs to be boosted with a "sense of urgency and crisis."
