North Korea fires ‘ballistic missile’
North Korea fired a suspected ballistic missile off its east coast yesterday, just hours before South Korean President Moon Jae-in attended a groundbreaking ceremony for a rail line he hopes will eventually connect the divided Korean peninsula. The presumed missile was fired around 8:10 am (2310 GMT) from an inland location, over the east coast and into the sea, South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said. Japan's defence minister said the suspected ballistic missile had flown an estimated 500 km. UN Security Council resolutions ban all ballistic missile and nuclear tests by North Korea, and have imposed sanctions over the programmes.
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