North Korea tested a new type of intercontinental ballistic missile on March 24 as international attention is focused on Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Kyodo reported, citing Japan's Defense Ministry..

Missile fired from the east coast of North Korea. It flew for 71 minutes, reaching an altitude of more than 6,000 kilometers, which is the longest and highest flight of a North Korean missile..

Having covered a distance of 1100 km, the projectile fell in the Sea of \u200b\u200bJapan about 150 km west of the Japanese Oshima Peninsula. No information about any damage yet..

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida condemned the launch as reckless and unacceptable.

During a visit to Brussels for the G7 summit, Kishida said he wanted to reaffirm coordination among members in response to North Korea's repeated ballistic missile launches in violation of UN Security Council resolutions..

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Kishida hinted that Japan, along with the US and South Korea, may impose additional sanctions on North Korea due to the fact that the missile fell within the economic zone of Japan.

The United States has repeatedly called on the DPRK to stop missile tests, but the DPRK does not listen to the "