North Korea fires ballistic missile into sea, Seoul says

South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said North Korea fired a ballistic missile on Saturday. "Our military detected a ballistic missile launched from the Wonsan area of North Korea toward the East Sea," the Joint Chiefs of Staff said, referring to the body of water also known as the Sea of Japan. The test came amid heightened tensions between the countries. Land mine blasts injured three South Korean soldiers last month. South Korea and the US-led UN Command have said North Korean mines caused the blasts. On Friday, ​Pyongyang's Kim Yo Jong, the influential sister of ​leader Kim Jong Un, dismissed Seoul's demand for an apology over the blasts in the Demilitarised Zone, the heavily fortified 4-kilometer-wide (2.5-mile) area between the two Koreas.