North Korea's new missile test probably failed, South Korea

 

South Korea says North Korea tried to launch another "unknown type of missile", but failed.  Pyongyang is testing missiles at extraordinary speeds this year.

 Japan's Defense Ministry announced a suspicious missile launch from North Korea on Wednesday morning, March 16, but South Korea's Defense Ministry responded quickly by saying it thought the test might have failed. 

South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said in a statement: "North Korea fired an unknown projectile from the Sonan area around 9:30 this morning, but it appears that it was immediately after the launch. It just failed. "

 The statement added that US and South Korean analysts were investigating further.

 Hirokazu Matsuno, chief secretary of the Japanese cabinet, told reporters that it was not immediately clear if the ballistic missile was an experimental attempt.