Japan urges people to seek shelter after North Korean missile launch

The Japanese government on Wednesday warned residents of the Miyagi, Yamagata and Niigata regions to seek shelter indoors after North Korea’s missile launch. The information was confirmed by the J-Alert Emergency Broadcasting system.

The missile has already passed through Japan’s territory towards the Pacific Ocean, the government said a little earlier.

North Korea fired at least 10 missiles east and west of the Korean peninsula on Wednesday, including one that landed near South Korean territorial waters for the first time since the 1945 partition, South Korean officials said.

The Joint Chiefs of Staff in Seoul (JCS) said a short-range ballistic missile landed in international waters 167 kilometers northwest of South Korea’s Ulleung Island, about 26 kilometers south of the North Boundary Line. (NLL) – the de facto frontier. Korean maritime border that North Korea does not recognize.

Source: CNN Brasil

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