North Korea: Pyongyang launches new missile

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North KoreaPyongyang has launched a new ballistic missile

Kim Jong-un’s regime carried out its seventh shooting in two weeks.

This September 9, 2022 file photo shows North Korean leader Kim Jong-un on a television screen at a train station in Seoul.

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Yonhap news agency quoted the South Korean military as saying that North Korea had fired a ballistic missile into the sea overnight from Saturday to Sunday, the seventh such launch in two weeks. South Korean military officials did not provide further details. Japan’s Prime Minister’s Office confirmed the shooting on Twitter. “North Korea reportedly launched a ballistic missile. More details will follow,” they said.

No damage

The missile appeared to have landed outside Japan’s exclusive economic zone, according to Japanese government officials and the country’s coast guard, which did not cause any damage to the Japanese vessel, Japanese channel NHK reported.

The firing follows joint exercises between the militaries of the United States and South Korea that ended on Saturday and exercises with Japan earlier in the week, according to Yonhap.

The launch was the latest in a series on Tuesday, including an intermediate-range ballistic missile over Japan, where the affected population was asked to take shelter. is in Pyongyang previously protected Its recent series of missile tests against US “military threats”.

(AFP)

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