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South Korea accuses North Korea of firing missile towards the sea

This file photo from July 2023 shows a Hwasong-18 intercontinental ballistic missile launch from North Korea [File: KCNA via Reuters]

North Korea has carried out a suspected unsuccessful missile test, according to South Korea’s military, a day after Pyongyang said it successfully launched a spy satellite.

South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said the launch came from North Korea’s capital region late on Wednesday. The missile was fired into the sea east of North Korea and the effort apparently failed, the Joint Chiefs of Staff said early on Thursday without giving details, including the type of missile fired.

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