North Korea launches a suspected ballistic missile, Japan says

North Korea fired a possible ballistic missile towards the sea on Wednesday, Japan’s Defence Ministry said, the second such weapons launch in less than a week. The Defence Ministry said the suspected weapon has landed in the water. Yonhap news agency, citing South Korea’s military, reported that North Korea fired an unidentified projectile off North Korea’s east coast. The missile appeared to have landed outside Japan’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ) in the sea, Japan’s NHK reported. North…