North Korea missile: Why did North Korea launch a missile over Japan? Was it nuclear?

The launch functioned as a test of the Hwasong-12 missile and was the fifth North Korea has participated in over the last 10 days.

Local media said the regime used the drill to “verify its accuracy”.

But officials on the receiving end of the test believe Kim Jong-Un’s regime was likely responding to military drills conducted by South Korea and the US.

The two nations responded with a joint drill, using warplanes to strike a bombing target in the Yellow Sea.