North Korea fired one short-range ballistic missile (SRBM) eastward on Sunday morning, according to South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS). 

JCS said it detected the launch at around 11:05 a.m. local time from Tongchang-ri in the northwest of the country, and that the SRBM flew around 497 miles (800 km) before landing in the East Sea (Sea of Japan). 

Japan’s defense ministry announced at 11:20 a.m. that the missile had already fallen into the sea, pointing to a flight time of less than 15 minutes. It later saidthe missile reached a maximum altitude of 31 miles (50 km)