The DPRK on Tuesday launched a ballistic missile over Japan's territory which has sparked angry reactions from countries in the region and escalated the rising tensions on the Korean Peninsula.
The missile, flying more than 2,700 kilometers in an easterly direction, was fired from a site in Sunan in Pyongyang at around 5:57 a.m. local time, according to South Korea's military.
The military said the missile flew at a maximum altitude of around 550 kilometers and fell into the North Pacific Ocean.
S Korea: Moon orders to show 'overwhelming force'
Seoul says it strongly condemns DPRK's missile launch and will respond to further nuclear missile provocations by the DPRK, according to a statement released by S. Korean government.
South Korean President Moon Jae-in ordered military to show its capabilities that can overwhelm the DPRK should it decide to attack, according to the presidential office.
The display of overwhelming force involved the dropping of eight Mark 84 or MK84 multi purpose bombs by four F15K fighter jets at a shooting range near the inter-Korean border in Taebaek, Yonhap reported citing Moon's chief press secretary Yoon Young-chan.
Japan: 'unprecedented, serious and grave threat'
Tokyo confirmed the launch as Prime Minister Shinzo Abe described it as an "unprecedented, serious and grave threat."
"We will immediately collect and analyze details and the government will take full steps to protect Japanese people's lives," Abe told reporters, saying to urge the UN to strengthen pressure on Pyongyang.
Abe said the U.S. showed a strong commitment to Tokyo's defense as President Donald Trump pledged to stand "100 percent with Japan" after the two leaders talked over phone about the latest missile test.
So far, there have been no reports of falling objects in its territory or damage to vessels around Hokkaido after the missile launch, according to Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga.
U.S.: measures to be taken including possibility of 'military responses'
The United States Department of Defense also confirmed the missile flew over Japan.
"North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) determined the missile launch from North Korea [the DPRK] did not pose a threat to North America," Pentagon spokesman Rob Manning said in a statement.
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and S. Korean military chief Jeong Kyeong-doo agreed to take immediate actions in response to Tuesday's missile launch over an emergency phone call.
The two military officers agreed to take measures at the earliest possible date to show the strong determination of the allies, including military responses.
The United Nations Security Council will hold an emergency meeting late Tuesday on the missile test at the request of the U.S., South Korea and Japan, Reuters reported citing diplomats.
This has been the second missile launch from Pyongyang within one week. On Saturday morning, the DPRK fired three short-range missiles from a site in Kittaeryong in the eastern province of Gangwon into the Sea of Japan but the first and third missiles failed in flight and the second blown up almost immediately.
