North Korea fires ballistic missile: South Korea military

North Korea fired an unspecified ballistic missile on Saturday, February 18, AFP reported citing Seoul Military.

This comes ahead of the upcoming US-South Korea joint military drills in Washington. The joint military drill is schedule to be held next week.

"North Korea fires an unidentified ballistic missile into (the) East Sea," South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said, the Gulf News reported.

The same alert was sent out by the Japan Coast Guard, Reuters reported.

Further details are awaited.