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Seoul: North Korea fires missiles again
A man walks past a monitor showing a news program with an archive image of North Korea’s latest missile test in Seoul. photo
© Ahn Young-Joon/AP/dpa
Tensions on the Korean peninsula are increasing significantly. Another missile test by North Korea is reported.
North Korea has again fired a potentially nuclear-capable missile, according to the South Korean military. The ballistic missile flew in the direction of the Sea of Japan (Korean: East Sea), said the General Staff in the South Korean capital Seoul.
Reports by the South Korean news agency Yonhap that it could be an ICBM with a range of several thousand kilometers were not initially confirmed by the top command.
UN resolutions ban North Korea, a self-declared nuclear power, from testing ballistic missiles of any range that can be armed with a nuclear warhead.