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This undated picture released from North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency on May 30, 2016 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visiting the construction site of the medical oxygen factory in Pyongyang.(Photo: AFP/Getty Images)
North Korea launched a missile from its east coast early Tuesday local time but it<span style="color: Red;">*</span>appears to have failed,<span style="color: Red;">*</span>South Korea's Yonhap News Agency reported.
"North Korea attempted to launch an unidentified missile from the region near Wonsan at around 5:20 a.m., but it is presumed to have been unsuccessful," South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said, according to<span style="color: Red;">*</span>the news agency.
The South Korean military was<span style="color: Red;">*</span>studying the launch and said it was stepping up surveillance due to signs that<span style="color: Red;">*</span>North Korea was<span style="color: Red;">*</span>preparing for a ballistic missile launch.
"We are tracking any missile-related signs and maintain a high state of readiness," the South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff said.
Japan had also put its military on alert Monday for a possible ballistic missile firing.
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A picture released by the Rodong Sinmun, the newspaper of the ruling North Korean Workers Party, on Sept. 8, 2015, shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, center front, and Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez, second from right, a member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and first vice-president of the Council of State, watching an art performance by the Moranbong Band and the State Merited Chorus in Pyongyang, North Korea, on Sept. 7, 2015. Bermudez led a Cuban delegation to North Korea to mark the 55th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between North Korea and Cuba. <span style="color: Red;">*</span> Rodong Sinmun, European Pressphoto Agency
Men and women pump their fists in the air and chant "defend!" as they carry propaganda slogans calling for reunification of their country during the "Pyongyang Mass Rally on the Day of the Struggle Against the U.S.," attended by approximately 100,000 North Koreans to mark the 65th anniversary of the outbreak of the Korean War at the Kim Il Sung stadium, Thursday, June 25, 2015, in Pyongyang, North Korea. The month of June in North Korea is known as the "Struggle Against U.S. Imperialism Month" and it's a time for North Koreans to swarm to war museums, mobilize for gatherings denouncing the evils of the United States and join in a general, nationwide whipping up of the anti-American sentiment.<span style="color: Red;">*</span> Wong Maye-E, AP
North Koreans gather in front of a portrait of their late leader Kim Il Sung, left, and Kim Jong Il, right, paying respects to their late leader Kim Jong Il, to mark the third anniversary of his death, Wednesday Dec. 17 at Pyong Chon District in Pyongyang, North Korea. North Korea marked the end of a three-year mourning period for the late leader Kim Jong Il on Wednesday, opening the way for his son, Kim Jong Un, to put a more personal stamp on the way the country is run. <span style="color: Red;">*</span> Kim Kwang Hyon, AP
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State broadcaster NHK reported that<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Japan ordered naval destroyers and Patriot anti-ballistic missile batteries to be ready to shoot down any projectile heading for the country, according to the South Korean news agency.
North Korea conducted its fourth nuclear test in January.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>In April, North Korea attempted to fire a Musudan intermediate-range ballistic missile three times<span style="color: Red;">*</span>but they all<span style="color: Red;">*</span>failed,<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Yonhap News Agency reported.
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