North Korea fires missile that lands in sea near Russia

By Ju-min Park and Idrees AliSEOUL/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - North Korea, defying calls to rein in its weapons program, fired a ballistic missile that landed in the sea near Russia on Sunday, days after a new leader came to power in South Koreapledging to engage Pyongyang in dialogue.The U.S. military's Pacific Command said it was assessing the type of missile that was fired but it was "not consistent with an intercontinental ballistic missile".Japanese Defense Minister Tomomi Inada said the missil