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After A Brief Hiatus, Pyongyang Fires Another Missile
North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un (C) at the defence detachment on Mahap Islet in Ongjin County, South Hwanghae. Photo credit: KNS/AFP/Getty Images
North Korea just fired a ballistic missile towards the Sea of Japan.
South Korean military officials said that the missile "flew eastward from the vicinity of Pyongyang" toward the Sea of Japan. It was fired during the night (local time) on Wednesday (29 November), which seemed to have landed within exclusive economic zone of Japan, according an official of the United States.
Japan's Prime Minister's Office reponded by saying, "North Korea launched a missile that has the possibility of arriving in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) of our country."
This is the first missile attack by North Korea since 15 September when it fired an intermediate-range missile, which flew over Hokkaido Island in Japan and then into the Pacific Ocean.
"South Korean unification minister Cho Myoung-gyon told foreign correspondents in Seoul on Tuesday that North Korea is on the verge of achieving full nuclear capability with an intercontinental ballistic missile that could carry a nuclear warhead," Fox news quoted a local news agency.
More details awaited.
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