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North Korea announced that it conducted a test-fire of a tactical ballistic missile on the 12th. The Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported on the 13th that "the Missile General Bureau conducted a test-fire of a tactical ballistic missile on the 12th to verify the results of technological updates to key core elements." / Yonhap

Diplomatic authorities of South Korea, the U.S., and Japan shared information regarding North Korea's ballistic missile launch and discussed future response measures.

According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on the 13th, regarding North Korea's ballistic missile launch the previous day, Baek Yong-jin, director-general for Korean Peninsula policy at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, held phone consultations with David Wylezol, U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Korea and Japan, and Takashi Ariyoshi, deputy director-general of the Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau at Japan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, sharing relevant information and discussing future response measures.

Diplomatic authorities of South Korea, the U.S., and Japan operate a channel to promptly share relevant information and situational assessments whenever North Korea launches ballistic missiles.

North Korea launched several ballistic missiles toward the East Sea from the Pyongyang area the previous morning. Some of the missiles were determined to have flown more than 900 kilometers.

                                                                                                              Lee Han-sol