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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Kim Tong-Hyung

North Korea fires cruise missiles, stays mum on US soldier who crossed into country

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North Korea fired several cruise missiles toward its western sea Saturday, South Korea’s military said, marking the second launch event this week apparently in protest of the docking of a nuclear-armed U.S. submarine in South Korea.

While adding to its barrage of missile launches in recent months, North Korea remained publicly silent for a fifth day on the fate of an American soldier who bolted into the North across the heavily armed Korean border this week.

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