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North Korea fires 'several' missiles into sea, stays silent on US soldier

People in Seoul, South Korea, watch a TV screen showing footage of a North Korean missile on July 22, 2023. © Jung Yeon-Je, AFP

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 US 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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