MOSCOW, May 31 by sea, without affecting Seoul, reports the South Korean agency Yonhap, citing the military.
«South Korean military says North Korean missile flew over the Yellow Sea and did not affect the Seoul metropolitan area,» the statement said.
Earlier, the DPRK launched a space launch vehicle in a southerly direction.
North Korea previously informed the International Maritime Organization (IMO) of its intention to launch a satellite between May 31 and June 11. The Department for the Situation in North Korea under the Office of the Prime Minister of Japan collects and analyzes information. The alleged impact sites for the rocket stages are outside Japan's exclusive economic zone — two in the Yellow Sea southwest of North Korea and one off the Philippines in the eastern Pacific. However, as with the satellite launches in February 2016 and December 2012, the rocket carrying the satellite could fly over the area near Japan's Sakishima archipelago.