Pyongyang has fired a ballistic missile into the sea, South Korean Military said in the latest series of tests in recent weeks by North Korea.
The projectile was fired into the sea east of the peninsula, Seoul s joint chiefs of staff said in a statement on Tuesday, without immediately giving any other details.
Japan s coast guard said it detects the firing of a potential ballistic missile.
Nuclear in recent weeks, North Korea has tested a long range cruise missile, a train-launched weapon and what it said was a hypersonic warhead.
The country s leader, Kim Jong-un, who has overseen rapid progress in its military technology, blamed the United States for tensions at the cost of international sanctions last week, dismissing Washington's assertions that it does not have hostile intentions.
The latest launch came as Pyongyang made a new appeal for talks with the US envoy.
We will seek diplomacy with North Korea in Washington to make tangible progress that increases the security of the United States and our allies, said Sung Kim, the Special Representative for North Korea, after talks with his South Korean counterpart in Washington.
According to South Korea's Yonhap news agency intelligence officials from the United States, South Korea and Japan were due to meet in Seoul to discuss the standoff with North Korea.
Representatives of hundreds of international companies and international militaries have gathered in Seoul this week for the opening ceremonies of the International Aerospace and Defence Exhibition.
This is set to be South Korea s largest defence expo of the past 50 years, with displays from next generation bomber aircraft, attack helicopters, drones and other advanced weapons, as well as space rockets and civil aerospace designs.
She met former US president Donald Trump three times, who boasted of ending a war but failed to reach a comprehensive agreement on ending North Korea's nuclear programme.
President Joe Biden has promised to keep his diplomatic ambitions on denuclearisation in the fight against diplomacy.