SOUTH KOREA SAYS: NORTH KOREA MISSILE LAUNCH FROM A SUBMARINE
SOUTH KOREA SAYS: NORTH KOREA MISSILE LAUNCH FROM A SUBMARINE North Korea has fired what is believed to be a submarine-launched ballistic missile off the east coast of the Korean peninsula, the South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff said Saturday. The missile was fired at 6:30 p.m. local time (5:30 a.m. ET), South Korean officials said, and appears to have flown for about 30 km (about 19 miles) -- well short of the 300 km (roughly 186 miles) that would be considered a successful test. The official said the United States "was provocative but not a threat to the United States and the missile was fired from South Korea and Japan." Saturday launch, but US officials said Pyongyang after previous efforts, which does not seem to be able to start, and it seems to have been a lot better. "The ability to launch and vice North Korea has gone from a joke of something very dangerous," the official said. "The United States is watching it very closely." La...