(VOVworld) – South Korea’s Yonhap news agency reported today that North Korea launched an intermediate range Musudan ballistic missile off its east coast on Friday, but the launch appeared to have failed.

The missile is named after the Musudan village in the northeast, where a launchpad is sited (Photo: BBC)

April 14 marked the 104^th birthday of late President Kim Il Sung and the occasion is often celebrated with a number of military events in North Korea. On Thursday, Yonhap reported that North Korea had deployed one or two Musudan ballistic missiles on its east coast in apparent preparation for a launch the next day.