North Korea launched at least one ballistic missile eastward on Sunday, South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff confirmed after detecting the launch. According to Japanese government officials, the projectile is believed to have landed outside Japan's Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), the maritime boundary within which a country holds special resource and jurisdiction rights. The launch comes less than two weeks after North Korea conducted back-to-back ballistic missile launches on April 8, continuing a pattern of provocative testing that has drawn repeated international condemnation.