North Korea fires ballistic missile towards the sea, South Korea says
A ballistic missile fired from the North Korean port city of Wonsan flies more than 700km, South Korea’s military says.
![A missile flies during what state media KCNA says is a test-launch of a strategic cruise missile designed to demonstrate the readiness posture of various nuclear capabilities, over the sea off the west coast of the Korean peninsula, February 26, 2025, in this photo released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency on February 27, 2025 [KCNA via Reuters]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/2025-02-27T221106Z_1599805176_RC293DAIPBJF_RTRMADP_3_NORTHKOREA-MISSILES-1790737147.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
A ballistic missile fired from the North Korean port city of Wonsan flies more than 700km, South Korea’s military says.
![A missile flies during what state media KCNA says is a test-launch of a strategic cruise missile designed to demonstrate the readiness posture of various nuclear capabilities, over the sea off the west coast of the Korean peninsula, February 26, 2025, in this photo released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency on February 27, 2025 [KCNA via Reuters]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/2025-02-27T221106Z_1599805176_RC293DAIPBJF_RTRMADP_3_NORTHKOREA-MISSILES-1790737147.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)



![US President Donald Trump meets with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at the demilitarized zone separating the two Koreas, in Panmunjom, South Korea, June 30, 2019 [Kevin Lamarque/Reuters]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/reuters_6a8ea146-1787732294.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)




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