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North Korea fires missile in latest test

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AP ,
Publish Date
Sun, 21 May 2017, 9:54PM
The launch comes a week after North Korea successfully tested a new midrange missile (pictured) that Pyongyang said could carry a heavy nuclear warhead. (AP)
The launch comes a week after North Korea successfully tested a new midrange missile (pictured) that Pyongyang said could carry a heavy nuclear warhead. (AP)

North Korea fires missile in latest test

Author
AP ,
Publish Date
Sun, 21 May 2017, 9:54PM

North Korea has fired a ballistic missile from an area near its capital, Pyongyang, South Korea's military says, in the latest weapons test for a country speeding up its development of nuclear weapons and missiles.

The missile was fired from an area near Pukchang, in South Phyongan Province, on Sunday and flew eastward about 500 kilometres, said South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff.

It didn't immediately provide more details.

South Korean President Moon Jae-in held a National Security Council meeting at the presidential Blue House to discuss the missile launch, Moon's office said.

The launch comes a week after North Korea successfully tested a new midrange missile that Pyongyang said could carry a heavy nuclear warhead.

Experts said that rocket flew higher and for a longer time than any other missile previously tested by North Korea, and that it could one day reach targets as far away as Hawaii and Alaska.

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