Pyongyang: North Korea says it tested a supersonic missile on Wednesday. South Korea’s Yonhap news agency reported. According to the report, the missile hit its target at a distance of 700 km. The South Korean military had earlier reported that North Korea had fired a missile into the Sea of Japan on Wednesday morning.
US Secretary of State Anthony Blanken spoke by telephone with Japanese Foreign Minister Hayashi Yoshimasa about North Korea’s recent ballistic missile test. “The United States is committed to protecting Japan,” he said.
North Korea successfully tested hypersonic missile, says report
State Department spokesman Ned Price said in a press release on Wednesday that “Secretary of State Anthony J. Blanken spoke with Japanese Foreign Minister Hayashi Yoshimasa today. Blankenship condemned North Korea’s ballistic missile test and said the United States was committed to defending Japan.
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