SEOUL, Oct. 20 (Xinhua) -- The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) test-fired an intermediate-range ballistic missile on Thursday morning, which Seoul's military presumed to have failed.
The launch came shortly after top diplomats and defense chiefs of South Korea and the United States started their two-day meeting in Washington to discuss countermeasures toward Pyongyang's recent nuclear test and missile launches.
South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said the DPRK launched what is believed to be a road-mobile Musudan missile at about 7 a.m. local time (2200GMT on Wednesday) from Banghyeon airfield in the country's northwestern North Pyongyan province.
The launch appeared to have failed, the JSC said without elaborating further, according to local media reports. The airfield is located some 100 km north of the DPRK's capital city of Pyongyang.
The unsuccessful launch followed the start of the two-day meeting in Washington between defense and foreign ministers of South Korea and the United States.
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