North Korea fired an unidentified ballistic missile toward the East Sea (Sea of Japan) on Wednesday morning, according to South Korea’s military, but the launch appeared to end in failure.

Seoul’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said the DPRK launched the missile from the Pyongyang area around 5:30 a.m. and that the missile subsequently appeared to fail.

The Japan Coast Guard also announced at 5:33 a.m. that the DPRK had launched a presumed ballistic missile and stated just six minutes later that the missile had likely already fallen.

The Japanese defense ministry later announcedthe missile landed in the Sea