Breaking: North Korea Releases missile towards the sea of japan.

North Korea fired an unidentified projectile eastward, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said on Sunday

It is likely to be the latest missile launch by the nuclear armed country

North Korea has resumed missile tests following a yearslong self-imposed moratorium  

North Korea has fired an unidentified projectile eastward towards the Sea of Japan, according to South Korea's military.

The launch came after North Korea conducted seven rounds of missile tests, including the launch of  an intermediate-range ballistic missile launch on January 30.   

Sunday morning's launch would be Kim Jong-un regime's eighth show of force this year. 

This picture released from North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency  last month shows a firing drill of railway-borne missile regiment is held in North Pyongan Province

Last month, North Korea said that it was lifting its yearslong self-imposed moratorium on nuclear and long-range missile tests suggesting it could engage in further provocative actions down the road.

The continued saber-rattling from Pyongyang comes amid a deadlock in nuclear talks with Washington.   

Sunday's launch comes a month after North Korea fired a Hwasong-12 intermediate range ballistic missile, the largest weapon fired since 2017, in a test that capped a record month of mostly short-range missile launches in January.

Amid stalled denuclearisation talks with the United States, North Korea has suggested it could resume testing its longer range missiles or even nuclear weapons.

North Korea state television shows the test firing of railway-borne missile that took place last month

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un observes what state media report is a hypersonic missile test at an undisclosed location in North Korea last month