North Korea fires missile, minister to visit Russia as tensions rise

SEOUL — North Korea fired an apparent intermediate-range missile off its east coast on Sunday, South Korea said, as tensions run high after Pyongyang's recent launches of an intercontinental ballistic missile and its first military spy satellite.

A projectile believed to be the missile has fallen, according to the Japanese coast guard, which said it could be a ballistic missile.

It appeared to have fallen outside Japan's exclusive economic zone, public broadcaster NHK said.