North Korea fires short-range ballistic missile, South Korea says - Reuters

The missile, launched from the Dongchang-ri site on the west coast around 11:05 a.m. (0205 GMT), flew some 800 km (500 miles) before hitting a target, a South Korean military statement said.

Soon after the launch on Sunday, South Korea's Ministry of National Defence said the U.S. deployed a B-1B strategic bomber to a joint air drill, which Seoul and Washington say they are holding to strengthen deterrence.

In a statement on Sunday, G7 foreign ministers said they "deeply regret" inaction by the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) against the North caused by some members’ "obstruction".

No country was named, but China and Russia have blocked attempts at the United Nations to respond to North Korea's series of missile tests.

North Korea criticised the U.S. and U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres, KCNA reported on Sunday, for raising the issue of its human rights abuses at an informal meeting of the UNSC, describing it as a "serious challenge" to its sovereignty.

"The U.S. launched a human rights campaign against the DPRK in the U.N. arena while staging the aggressive joint military exercise which poses a grave threat to our national security," North Korea's Permanent Mission to the U.N. was quoted as saying by state media.