BEIJING, Feb. 13 (Xinhua) -- The international community has generally denounced the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) over its latest test-launch of a ballistic missile on Sunday.
The presumed intermediate-range Musudan ballistic missile was launched at around 7:55 a.m. local time (2255 GMT Saturday) near Banghyeon in the DPRK's northwestern North Pyongan province.
The projectile, capable of putting the entire Japan and the U.S. military base in Guam within its target range, flew about 500 km and landed in waters off the DPRK's east coast.
Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said the launch was clearly a violation of U.N. Security Council resolutions and such "acts of provocation" were "intolerable."
Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida, currently accompanying Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on a visit to the United States, told the press that Japan is asking the U.N. to issue a "strong message" against the DPRK.
U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday pledged U.S. support to Japan after the launch.
"I just want everybody to understand and fully know that the United States of America stands behind Japan, its great ally, 100 percent," Trump said in a hastily called joint press conference with Abe in Florida.
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