North Korea Launches Ballistic Missile Toward East Sea, Hundreds Of Trash-Filled Balloons

North Korea is estimated to have launched a total of around 2,000 trash and feces-filled balloons toward South Korea since May 28th.

SEOUL - The South Korean military, Japanese Prime Minister's office and Coast Guard have announced that North Korea launched a ballistic missile toward the East Sea (Sea of Japan) just hours after Pyongyang had released at least 350 trash-filled balloons toward South Korea for the second day in a row.

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Japan detected the missile launch by North Korea, and had initially said it had spotted the launch of a "suspected ballistic missile". 

North Korea is estimated to have launched a total of around 2,000 trash and feces-filled balloons toward South Korea since May 28th.

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