North Korea launches ballistic missile as Blinken arrives in Seoul

SEOUL, Jan. 6 (UPI) -- North Korea launched an intermediate-range ballistic missile into the East Sea on Monday, South Korea's military said, as U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Seoul to meet with his counterpart amid a deepening political crisis in the country.

The missile was fired from the Pyongyang area around noon and traveled approximately 685 miles before splashing down in the sea between Korea and Japan, Seoul's Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a text message to reporters.

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