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General Category => World News => Topic started by: TomSea on May 29, 2017, 08:42:52 am
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North Korea Fires Missile That Lands in Sea Between Korea and Japan
The New York Times By CHOE SANG-HUN
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea launched a ballistic missile on Monday that flew 280 miles and appears to have landed inside Japan’s economic zone where fishing and cargo ships are active, the South Korean military and the Japanese government said.
President Moon Jae-in of South Korea called a meeting of his top security officials for later Monday morning to discuss the missile launch, coming a week after the North last tested a ballistic missile, and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of Japan condemned the launch as a provocation.
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