NORTH KOREA LAUNCHES ANOTHER MISSILE: The launch is a message to the U.S. Though the UPI dateline is July 3, it was already the 4th of July in east Asia.
North Korea launched a ballistic missile early Tuesday, local time, into the waters along the eastern coast of the peninsula.
Seoul’s joint chiefs of staff stated the missile launched from Panghyon, North Pyongan Province at around 9:40 a.m., could not be identified.
Xihua, China’s state news agency, reports that Pyongyang claims it was an ICBM.