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Sami Quadri

North Korea fires ‘short-range ballistic missile’, claims South Korea

People watch a television screen showing a news broadcast with file footage of a North Korean missile test

(Picture: AFP via Getty Images)

North Korea fired a short-range ballistic missile designed to be launched from a submarine, South Korean authorities have claimed.

South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said the launch on Saturday occurred from waters near the eastern port city of Sinpo, where North Korea has a major shipyard building submarines, however, they did not immediately say how far the missile flew.

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