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N Korea fires 2 ballistic missiles as US sub arrives in S Korea

A Hwasong-18 intercontinental ballistic missile is launched from an undisclosed location in North Korea on July 13, 2023 [File: Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) via Reuters]

North Korea has launched two ballistic missiles into its eastern sea, the Japanese and South Korean militaries said, just hours after a United States nuclear-armed ballistic missile submarine arrived in a South Korean port for the first time in four decades.

Both of the missiles launched early on Wednesday morning appeared to have fallen outside Japan’s exclusive economic zone, the Japanese defence ministry said.

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