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Latest North Korea missile launch lands near Japan waters, alarms Tokyo
LBN thread: North Korea Carries Out Another Missile Launch After Saying U.S. 'Declared War'
Source: Reuters
Business | Wed Aug 3, 2016 4:11am EDT
Latest North Korea missile launch lands near Japan waters, alarms Tokyo
SEOUL | BY JU-MIN PARK AND JAMES PEARSON
North Korea launched a ballistic missile on Wednesday that landed in or near Japanese-controlled waters for the first time, the latest in a series of launches by the isolated country in defiance of United Nations Security Council resolutions.
The main body of the missile landed in Japan's economic exclusion zone, a Japanese defence official said, escalating regional tensions that were already high after a series of missile launches this year and the decision by the United States to place a sophisticated anti-missile system in South Korea.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe described the launch as a "grave threat" to Japan and said Tokyo "strongly protested". Japan also said its self-defence force would remain on alert in case of further launches.
A U.S. State Department spokesman condemned the launch, and said it would "only increase the international community's resolve to counter" North Korea's actions.
The U.S. Strategic Command said it had detected two missiles, one of which it said exploded immediately after launch.
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Latest North Korea missile launch lands near Japan waters, alarms Tokyo
SEOUL | BY JU-MIN PARK AND JAMES PEARSON
North Korea launched a ballistic missile on Wednesday that landed in or near Japanese-controlled waters for the first time, the latest in a series of launches by the isolated country in defiance of United Nations Security Council resolutions.
The main body of the missile landed in Japan's economic exclusion zone, a Japanese defence official said, escalating regional tensions that were already high after a series of missile launches this year and the decision by the United States to place a sophisticated anti-missile system in South Korea.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe described the launch as a "grave threat" to Japan and said Tokyo "strongly protested". Japan also said its self-defence force would remain on alert in case of further launches.
A U.S. State Department spokesman condemned the launch, and said it would "only increase the international community's resolve to counter" North Korea's actions.
The U.S. Strategic Command said it had detected two missiles, one of which it said exploded immediately after launch.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-northkorea-missile-idUSKCN10D2Q8
