The South Korean military says that North Korea launched an "unidentified" missile eastward from Sunan in Pyongyang around 7 a.m. Friday morning.

The Joint Chiefs of Staff(JCS) said the missile soared as high as some 770 kilometers and flew some three-thousand-700 kilometers over Japan to the North Pacific. 

The JCS said that South Korea and the U.S. are analyzing additional information of the launch to figure out the type of the projectile, based on its trajectory and range.
 
South Korea's presidential office immediately convened a National Security Council meeting at 8 a.m. to discuss the North's latest provocation and check the military’s readiness.

It is the first missile launch since the UN Security Council adopted a fresh sanctions resolution against North Korea on Monday. 
 
The latest launch came 17 days after North Korea fired a Hwasong-12 intermediate-range ballistic missile from Pyongyang over the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido before falling into the Pacific Ocean.

It is the North's 14th ballistic missile test this year and the tenth since President Moon Jae-in took office.

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