North Korea has fired a ballistic missile into the East Sea. 
 
The South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff(JCS) said that the missile was launched from the Sinpo region near the East Sea coast in South Hamgyong province at 6:42 a.m. Wednesday.
 
The missile flew around 60 kilometers. 
 
The U.S. Pacific Command said that that it believes the missile is a KN-15, referring to the Pukguksong-2 intermediate-range missile, which the regime test-fired last year.
 
The latest launch came ahead of the planned U.S.-China summit scheduled for Thursday and Friday.
 
Last year the North launched three submarine-launched ballistic missiles(SLBM) from the Sinpo area. The North test-fired a Pukguksong-2 missile in North Pyongan on February 12th, and launched four other ballistic missiles in North Pyongan on March sixth. On March 22nd, the North tried and failed to launch a Musudan missile.
 
The South Korean military is closely monitoring the situation in the North. 

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