SEOUL, April 28 (Xinhua) -- South Korean President Park Geun-hye on Thursday convened this year's third security council meeting after the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) fired a mid-range ballistic missile, which Seoul's military said appeared to have failed.
The DPRK launched what was believed to be a Musudan intermediate-range ballistic missile at about 6:40 a.m. local time from the Wonsan area in the DPRK's east coast, South Korea's defense ministry said.
The launch appeared to have failed, the ministry said, 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 reports. It was estimated to have crashed in waters off the east coast as it disappeared several seconds after take-off.
On April 15 when the DPRK test-fired a Musudan missile for the first time, the missile also exploded in mid-air several seconds after liftoff.
The DPRK had allegedly sent two Musudan missiles to the Wonsan area. There has been no more Musudan missile found in the region, according to Yonhap report.
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