North Korean leader's sister: We launched a medium-range strategic missile

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Kim Yo Jong, the sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, said on Saturday that her country fired a medium-range strategic missile during a firing exercise that took place earlier today.

The Korean Central News Agency (North Korea's official agency) quoted Chung, the second most powerful figure in Pyongyang, as saying in an announcement: "At dawn this morning, a training took place to launch a strategic weapon towards the East Korean Sea."

She added: "A medium-range strategic missile was used in the training."

According to the agency, Korean leader Un personally supervised the training carried out by a firepower subunit.

The South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff early monitored the North's launch of a ballistic missile towards the East Sea, in the early morning hours of today, Saturday, from the eastern coastal area of ​​Wonsan in North Korea.