North Korea fires unidentified missile off east coast, South Korea military says

SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea fired an unidentified missile off its east coast on Thursday, South Korea’s military said.

Japan’s Coast Guard also said the projectile, believed to be a ballistic missile fired from North Korea, had already fallen.

North Korea last fired a missile on July 1, but has been sending balloons carrying trash across the border into the south over the last few days.

(Reporting by Hyonhee Shin and Josh Smith in Seoul and Chang-Ran Kim in Tokyo; Editing by Chris Reese)