South Korea and the US military fired a volley of missiles into the sea in response to North Korea’s launch of a ballistic missile over Japan, Seoul said on Wednesday, as Pyongyang’s longest-range test yet drew international condemnation.

Nuclear-armed North Korea test-fired an intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM) farther than ever before on Tuesday, sending it soaring over Japan for the first time in five years and prompting a warning for residents there to take cover.

South Korean and American soldiers organized their very own rocket drill accordingly, South Korea's Joint Heads of Staff said on Wednesday.

Each side terminated a couple of US-made ATACMS short-range long range rockets, as indicated by an explanation.

The military independently affirmed that a South Korean Hyunmoo-2 rocket bombed soon after send off and crashed, however caused no losses.

US President Joe Biden and Japanese State leader Fumio Kishida censured North Korea's test in the "most grounded terms", the European Association considered it a "crazy and purposely provocative activity", and UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres denounced the send off and said it was an infringement of Safety Committee goals.

The US asked the UN Security Chamber to meet on North Korea on Wednesday yet representatives said China and Russia are against a public conversation by the 15-part body.