REPORT: North Korea fires another missile, less than 2 weeks after nuclear bomb test

North Korea reportedly fired another missile, less than two weeks after its suspected hydrogen bomb test, South Korea's Yonhap News said on Friday morning local time.

South Korean military officials reportedly said that the missile was fired near Pyongyang, North Korea's capital, and headed eastward.

Emergency alerts in Japan were issued and an one account claims that it passed over Hokkaido at 7:06 a.m. local time and over to the Pacific Ocean.

Japan did not attempt to shoot down the missile, NHK reported.

A North Korean state agency threatened on Thursday to use nuclear weapons to "sink" Japan and reduce the United States to "ashes and darkness" for supporting a UN Security Council resolution and sanctions over its latest nuclear test, Reuters reported.

This is a developing story. Check back for updates.

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