South Korea said North Korea launched a missile to the south

North Korea has carried out the previously announced launch of a military reconnaissance satellite, the South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) reported.

“The North launched what the North calls a military reconnaissance satellite in a southern direction,” the OKNS said in a statement.

Earlier, Japan's maritime security service said it had received notification from North Korea that it would launch a launch vehicle with a satellite between November 22 and December 1. 

The missile fragments are expected to fall outside Japan's exclusive economic zone at two points southwest of North Korea in the Yellow Sea and east of the Philippines. 

In this regard, the South Korean military suggested that the DPRK could try to launch the satellite as early as the beginning of the day on November 22, since previously it carried out all launches on the very first day of the announced date.