{"id":"3ea1bb12-1874-4221-91c1-46f090336e12","url":"https://www.channelnewsasia.com/east-asia/north-korea-fires-unidentified-projectile-east-sea-seoul-6397406","domain":"channelnewsasia.com","outlet":{"name":"Channel News Asia","country":"SG","cred":null,"lean":null,"curated":false},"title":"North Korea fires unidentified projectile into East Sea: Seoul","plainHeadline":"North Korea fires unidentified projectile into East Sea, Seoul says","rewrite":{"model":null,"at":null},"summary":["North Korea fired an unidentified projectile off its east coast, Seoul said.","The launch occurred eight days after Pyongyang tested multiple short-range missiles toward the East Sea.","The missiles were described by North Korea as part of a joint firepower drill.","Japan's prime minister office and defence ministry confirmed the projectile launch and noted it had fallen.","The incident followed Pyongyang's rejection of an IAEA resolution on its nuclear activities."],"topics":["Politics","Cybersecurity","Energy"],"lang":"eng","publishedAt":"2026-09-20T07:35:18.000Z","ingestedAt":"2026-09-20T07:51:29.458Z","story":"https://brief.concise.news/story/a0bcc88f-276c-4200-9d42-17cddf2755e2","storyId":"a0bcc88f-276c-4200-9d42-17cddf2755e2","image":"https://dam.mediacorp.sg/image/upload/s--UaAZmiya--/fl_relative,g_south_east,l_mediacorp:cna:watermark:2023-11:afp_watermark_14112023,w_0.1/f_auto,q_auto/c_fill,g_auto,h_468,w_830/v1/mediacorp/cna/image/2026/09/20/000_c83k7t3.jpg?itok=X9TyQKkI","author":null,"dek":"The launch came eight days after North Korea fired multiple short-range ballistic missiles towards the East Sea - also called the Sea of Japan - as part of what it later described as a joint firepower drill."}