North Korea's Missile Launches Ahead of South Korea-Japan Summit

North Korea fired a long-range ballistic missile into the waters off the east coast of the Korean Peninsula early Thursday morning local time, according to officials in Japan and South Korea. The launch coincides with the imminent arrival of South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol in Japan for a summit his office has hailed as “an important milestone” in the development of bilateral relations. This is the fourth intercontinental ballistic missile launch in less than one year and follows a flurry of tests so far this week.