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North Korea fires two ballistic missiles off east coast, South Korean and Japanese officals say

North Korea fired a pair of ballistic missiles on Sunday toward its eastern waters, its first weapons test in a month and coming two days after it claimed to have performed a key test needed to build a more mobile, powerful intercontinental ballistic missile (ICDM) designed to strike the US mainland.

South Korea's military detected the launch of two North Korean ballistic missiles from its north-west Tongchangri area.

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