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North Korea fires ballistic missile toward East Sea, South Korea and Japan confirm
North Korea fired a ballistic missile toward the sea off its east coast on Oct 3, flying over 700 km; Seoul and Washington are analyzing; Kim Yo Jong said it was an intermediate-range strategic weapon drill and claimed US allies could not track it throughout.
Why it matters
This is North Korea's 10th-plus missile test this year, coming a day after Pyongyang refused to apologize for mines that wounded South Korean soldiers in the DMZ — raising tensions on the peninsula further.
Full report
According to Reuters on October 3, South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said North Korea fired a ballistic missile toward the sea off its east coast at around 6:30 a.m. Saturday from the Wonsan area, flying more than 700 kilometres (434 miles). Seoul and Washington were analyzing the test for details.
Japan's defence ministry said its coast guard warned ships to take precautions, with the missile coming down outside Japan's exclusive economic zone. Japan detected a flight distance of about 680 km.
South Korea's military said it has raised its monitoring of further tests and will share intelligence with the US and Japan; the presidential office's national security council convened an emergency meeting on Saturday to assess the situation.
Kim Yo Jong, the powerful sister of leader Kim Jong Un, said in a statement that North Korea had conducted a drill of an 'intermediate-range strategic weapon' overseen by Kim Jong Un. She also claimed that the varying flight details published by the US allies proved they could not adequately track the missile in flight, adding: 'There is no way to avoid this attack.' Seoul has not confirmed the missile type.
The launch came a day after Kim Yo Jong dismissed Seoul's demand for an apology over what it said were North Korean mines that seriously wounded two South Korean soldiers in the Demilitarised Zone this week.
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