A tv screen shows a file footage of South Korean, President Yoon Suk Yeol (R) and japanese prime minister, fumio kishida (L) during a news program at Yongsanl railway station in Seoul. North Korea fired a long-range ballistic missile toward the East Sea on March 16, Seoul's military said, hours before summit talks between the leaders of South Korea and Japan on pending bilateral issues and regional security. The Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said it detected the launch from the Sunan area in Pyongyang at 7:10 a.m., and the missile, fired at a lofted angle, flew some 1,000 kilometers before splashing into the sea. Later today, South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida plan to hold a summit in Tokyo, in which the North's nuclear and missile threats are expected to be high on the agenda. The North's growing nuclear and missile threats have created fresh momentum for Seoul and Tokyo to move beyond their historical feuds and work together to confront the security challenge. The latest launch came amid the ongoing South Korea-U.S. Freedom Shield (FS) exercise. The North has decried the exercise as "preparations for a war of aggression" and threatened to take "overwhelming" action against military activities by the allies. (Photo by Kim Jae-Hwan / SOPA Images/Sipa USA)