North Korea fires ballistic missile after Seoul’s apology demand

North Korea fired a ballistic missile, Seoul’s military said Saturday, days after demanding an apology for a blast that wounded three South Korean soldiers in the DMZ that it blames on the North.
Pyongyang has denied responsibility for last month’s explosion inside the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) and called South Korea “despicable” on Friday, undercutting overtures by Seoul’s civilian leadership seeking a return to dialogue.
Early Saturday, “our military detected a ballistic missile launched from the Wonsan area of North Korea toward the East Sea,” Seoul’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said, referring to the body of water also known as the Sea of Japan.
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