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UN Security Council to meet following North Korea missile test

The missile tests are part of Kim Jong Un's plan to modernise North Korea's military [Eugene Hoshiko/AP Photo]

North Korea’s state media KCNA has confirmed that the country test-launched a Hwasong-18 intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), in what it described as a “warning” against nearby military activity from the United States and its allies.

Wednesday’s launch, which took place off the Korean peninsula’s east coast, provoked condemnation from South Korea, the United States and Japan.

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