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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
By Kim Tong-Hyung

North Korea says ICBM launch was response to rivals' drills

ASSOCIATED PRESS

North Korea said Friday that its latest intercontinental ballistic missile launch was intended to send a “stronger warning” over U.S.-South Korean military drills, which it blames for destabilizing the region.

The missile was launched Thursday morning hours before South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol met with Japanese Prime Minster Fumio Kishida at a summit partly aimed at rebuilding security ties between the U.S. allies in the face of North Korean nuclear threats.

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