North Korea fired a ballistic missile in an eastward direction on Wednesday (October 22, 2025), South Korea’s military said, the North’s first weapons testing activity in about five months.

A brief statement from South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff gave no further details such as how far the weapon flew.

The missiles from North Korea that were fired at around 8:10 a.m. (2300 GMT, Tuesday) on Wednesday (October 22, 2025) were short-range ones, the South Korean military said in a text message to reporters, according to Reuters .

North Korea usually test-launches missiles in the waters between the Korean Peninsula and Japan, causing no damage in neighbouring countries. But the Joint Chiefs of Staff statement only said the latest missile was launched in an eastward direction.

The launch

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