It looks like North Korea has launched another ballistic missile

Get the Full StoryNorth Korea has fired an unidentified projectile from the east coast region of Wonsan on Monday.

According to South Korea's military, the projectile -- likely a ballistic missile -- was launched in an easterly direction, which local news agency says will likely fall within Japan's exclusive economic zone.

North Korea last test-fired a ballistic missile on May 21, and before that on May 14. The latter sparked international condemnation and threats of tougher UN sanctions.

World leaders have been discussing the implications that could arise should North Korea continue to develop its nuclear missile program.

On Friday, Australian foreign minister Julie Bishop said the North's actions place mounting pressure on Japan and South Korea to develop their own countermeasures.

If North Korea was recognised as a nuclear weapons state, then Japan and South Korea would have little option than to develop their own nuclear weapons capability, Bishop said. Read more on that here.

More to come.

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