"The KPA sends a stern warning to the South Korean military inciting military tension in the frontline area with reckless action," the spokesman said in a statement carried by KCNA. The General Staff of the North's Korean People's Army (KPA) accused the South of taking "provocative action" with the artillery fire, which lasted about 10 hours. They aided the North's weapons programmes and helped evade international sanctions by conducting research or supplying finance and materials through overseas workers, smuggling and ship operations, the ministries said. The 16 entities blacklisted include rocket industry and naval transport agencies, as well as trading, construction and electronic firms. In its latest sanctions, Seoul's finance and foreign ministries singled out four officials at the North's military think tank, and 11 at a trading company. South Korea's military will hold its annual Hoguk defence drills starting next week, including field training simulated to counter the North's nuclear and missile threats, it added. It said the South Korean air force "conducted an emergency sortie with its superior air force, including the F-35A" and a proportional response manoeuvre. The JCS said the aircraft incident occurred for about two hours from 2230 on Thursday (1130 GMT), during which about 10 North Korean warplanes flew as close as 12 km (7 miles) north of the sea border and 25 km (15 miles) north of the Military Demarcation Line. Japan's coast guard also reported the launch, which was at least the 41st ballistic missile test by the North this year. on Friday (1449 Thursday GMT) from the Sunan area near North Korea's capital, Pyongyang, and flew about 700 km (435 miles) to an altitude of 50 km at a speed of Mach 6. South Korea's JCS said the missile launched at 1:49 a.m. The US Indo-Pacific Command said it was aware of the latest missile launch and "it does not pose an immediate threat to US personnel or territory, or to our allies."
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