N. Korea launches ICBM toward East Sea on Thurs.; S. Korean military fires back
북한, 장거리 ICBM 발사...군, 북한 ICBM에 \'맞대응\' Good evening. Just a few hours ago,.. North Korea fired an intercontinental ballistic missile... the first in over 4 years... and its 12th show of force so far this year. In response, the South Korean military fired back... multiple ground, sea, and air missiles. Our national defense correspondent Bae Eunji is live at Seoul\'s defnese ministry. So Eun-ji, give us more details about today\'s launch. Well Conn-young, South Korea\'s Joint Chiefs of Staff announced that it detected an ICBM launched toward the East Sea. The military said the missile, fired at around 2:40 PM from the Sunan area in Pyeongyang... traveled around one-thousand-80 kilometers. Launched at a steep angle, the missile flew at an altitude of 6-thousand-200 kilometers. Japan\'s coast guard said it landed inside Japan\'s exclusive economic zone,... 170 kilometers west of Aomori Prefecture