DPRK gears up for nuke talks with missile test

Launch seen as means of extracting gains from US before revived diplomacy

SEOUL - The Democratic People's Republic of Korea fired an unidentified ballistic missile into the sea on Wednesday, the Republic of Korea's military said, in a display of its military capabilities hours after saying it would resume nuclear diplomacy with the United States this weekend.

ROK officials said the missile was fired from the DPRK's eastern waters, suggesting it may have been submarine-launched. But ROK defense officials won't officially disclose whether the missile was fired from a submarine, a barge or any other possible platform.