N. Korea Tests Scud-class Ballistic Missile

North Korea test fired a short-range ballistic missile on Monday that landed in the sea off its east coast, the latest defying world pressure and threats of more sanctions.

The missile, reportedly a Scud-class ballistic missile, launched from the coastal town of Wonsan flew about 450 km (280 miles), South Korean officials said.

The North was likely showing its determination to push ahead with missile development in the face of international pressure to rein it in and "to pressure the (South Korean) government to change its policy on the North", South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff spokesman Roh Jae-cheon said.

It landed in Japan's exclusive maritime economic zone, which is set about 200 nautical miles off the Japanese coast, AP reports. Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said there was no report of damage to planes or vessels in the area.

A day earlier, North also had a successful test of a new type of anti-aircraft guided weapon system. It wasn't clear from the state media report when the test happened.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un found that the weapon system's ability to detect and track targets had "remarkably" improved and was more accurate, according to the official Korean Central News Agency. KCNA cited Kim as ordering officials to mass-produce and deploy the system all over the country so as to "completely spoil the enemy's wild dream to command the air".