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North Korea launches ICBM ahead of South Korea-Japan summit

North Korea's latest test involved a banned intercontinental ballistic missile, according to its neighbours [Kim Hong-Ji/Reuters]

North Korea has fired an intercontinental ballistic missile into its eastern waters, just hours before South Korea’s president was due to fly to Japan for the first summit between the two countries in years, with the situation in nuclear-armed North Korea a key concern.

South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said on Thursday morning Pyongyang had launched what appeared to be a banned ICBM.

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