SEOUL, April 28 (Xinhua) -- The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Thursday fired what was believed to be a Musudan intermediate-range ballistic missile, but it appeared to have failed, South Korea's defense ministry said.
A Defense Ministry official told Xinhua on the phone that the DPRK launched a projectile, estimated to have been a Musudan missile, at about 6:40 a.m. local time from the Wonsan area in northeastern DPRK.
The official said the launch appeared to have failed as the projectile was believed to have crashed several seconds after liftoff.
The projectile flew up just hundreds of meters, detected by U.S. reconnaissance satellite but not seen in South Korean military's radar, according to Yonhap news agency report.
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