Kim Jong-un has been the Supreme Leader of North Korea since 2011. North Korea has launched a ballistic missile that has flown over northern Japan and reached the greatest distance traveled in one of these weapons tests. The maximum altitude of the projectile has reached 1,000 kilometers and a distance of 4,500 -- 4,600 kilometers, according to Tokyo.
The Japanese authorities have activated a civil alert in the northernmost prefectures of Hokkaido and Aomori. Some citizens have taken shelter in buildings or underground, and there has been a suspension of rail traffic. This is the first time since 2017 that a North Korean missile followed this trajectory, forcing Japan to raise the alarm.
The missile has ended up falling in the Pacific, about 3,200 kilometers east of the Japanese archipelago, without any damage.
Japan's prime minister Fumio Kishida condemned the incident and described it as a barbaric act.