# Media: North Korea conducts suspected ballistic missile launch

https://mins.news/en/item/14931

- TASS, 2026-08-06 08:58 UTC
- World
- Original: https://tass.com/world/2169591

> Japan’s public broadcaster, citing sources in the country’s Defense Ministry, reported that North Korea had carried out a launch believed to involve a ballistic missile. The broadcaster said the missile fell outside Japan’s exclusive economic zone. No further details about the launch or the missile were provided in the report.

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