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N.Korea fires missile towards the east as Japan warns

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North Korea fired a ballistic missile off its east coast on Tuesday, South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Japanese coast guard said. The Japanese government warned citizens to take cover as the missile appears to have flown over and past its territory before falling into the Pacific ocean. The latest launch was Pyongyang's fifth in 10 days, amid military muscle-flexing by the United States and South Korea, which staged trilateral anti-submarine exercises last week with Japanese naval forces.

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Financial Post

North Korea conducts longest-range missile test yet over Japan

SEOUL/TOKYO -- Nuclear-armed North Korea test-fired a ballistic missile farther than ever before on Tuesday, sending it soaring over Japan for the first time in five years and prompting a warning for residents there to take cover. Read More

2 years ago·Canada

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The Blaze

Empty streets & air raids in northern Japan after North Korea fires a ballistic missile overhead

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2 years ago·United States

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Die Presse

North Korea provokes Japan with risky missile test

Pyongyang lets a ballistic missile fly over Japan. That was the last case in 2017 - and it was only a week before ruler Kim Jong-un followed a nuclear weapons test.

2 years ago·Vienna, Austria

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