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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Rituparna Chatterjee

North Korea fires unidentified projectile off its east coast, says South Korea’s joint chiefs of staff (old)

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North Korea has test-fired a suspected intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) for the first time since 2017, South Korea and Japan said.

The projectile, fired on Thursday, landed in the sea 170km west of Japan’s northern prefecture of Aomori and inside Japan’s exclusive economic zone, authorities said.

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