That would have put all of South Korea and Japan within range. But being launched from a submarine can make missiles harder to detect, and allows them to get closer to other targets. North Korea's ...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has inspected a newly built submarine and ordered officials to further bolster the country's military capability, state media reported ...

The missiles were fired from the 8.24 Yongung ship, KCNA said, referencing a submarine that North Korea has used to conduct all its known submarine-launched ballistic missile tests since 2016.