KYODO NEWS - Jul 6, 2017 - 01:47 | All, World

The Japan Coast Guard said early Thursday it falsely issued -- and later retracted -- a navigation warning to vessels claiming that North Korea had launched a missile on Wednesday.

The coast guard said the wrong warning was issued at around 8:45 p.m. Wednesday during a warning drill and was taken back about 40 minutes later. There were no inquiries about the warning from ships, it added.

A coast guard official said the cause will be probed and measures will be taken to prevent any recurrence of such an incident.



(Rodong Sinmun)