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North Korea Fires 'Long-range' Ballistic Missile, Seoul Says

A man watches a a news broadcast with file footage of a North Korean missile test at a train station in Seoul on Thursday (Credit: AFP)

North Korea on Thursday test-fired one of its most powerful missiles, South Korea's military said, Kim Jong Un's first weapons test since being accused of sending soldiers to Russia.

South Korea's military had warned a day earlier that the nuclear-armed North was preparing to test another intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) or even conduct a nuclear test, possibly ahead of next week's US elections.

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