North Korea Launches Short-Range Missile, South Says – The New York Times

JEJU, South Korea — North Korea fired a short-range missile off its east coast on Saturday, in a move likely to raise tensions as denuclearization talks with the United States remain stalled.

The North fired the missile from a location near Wonsan, a coastal town east of Pyongyang, its capital, at 9:06 a.m., the South Korean military said in a statement. It did not provide further details, saying that the authorities were still analyzing the data.

In mid-April, the North Korean leader Kim Jong-un attended a test of what the country called a new type of “tactical guided weapon.” That and Saturday’s missile test signaled that Mr. Kim intended to escalate tensions in an attempt to gain leverage with the United States.