North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, center, inspects testing of a new multiple rocket launcher and other weapons at an unspecified location on June 25, in this photo taken from the website of the North's official Korean Central News Agency the next day. Yonhap
North Korea on Friday did not report on its launch of a short-range ballistic missile from the previous day, a departure from its usual practice of announcing such launches the following morning.
The Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) and the Rodong Sinmun, the most widely read newspaper in the country, had made no mention of the launch as of 8 a.m.
But this was not without precedent, as Pyongyang has previously withheld reports on launches it considers minor or lacking propaganda value.
South Korea's military detected the missile launch from North Korea's eastern coastal city of Wonsan at around 5 p.m. It did not disclose the missile's flight distance and other details.
