What Is A Scud Missile? North Korea Test-Fired Soviet-Designed Ballistic Missile In Its Third Test In Weeks

North Korea fired a short-range ballistic missile off its east coast Monday morning, which is said to have landed in Japan’s economic zone where fishing and cargo ships are active, the Japanese government and the South Korean military said, according to a report.

"This launch is an extremely problematic act for the safety of airplanes and ships and is clearly violating the UN resolution. The repeated provocative acts by North Korea are absolutely not acceptable," Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said in a statement, reported CNN.