North Korea fires projectile toward sea, Seoul military says

AdvertisementSouth Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff did not immediately say whether the weapon fired on Saturday morning was a ballistic missile or another type of weapon.

The test came amid heightened tensions between the countries.Land mine blasts injured three South Korean soldiers last month. South Korea and the US-led UN Command have said North Korean mines caused the blasts.

On Friday, ​Pyongyang's Kim Yo Jong, the influential sister of ​leader Kim Jong Un, dismissed Seoul's demand for an apology over the blasts in the Demilitarised Zone, the heavily fortified 4-kilometer-wide (2.5-mile) area between the two Koreas.

This article will be updated as more information becomes available.

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