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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Via AP news wire

South Korea: N. Korea fires missile toward sea after threat

Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement that North Korea has fired a ballistic missile toward sea Wednesday, but gave no further details like how far it flew.

The launch came hours after North Korea issued a veiled threat to use nuclear weapons to get the U.S. and South Korea to “pay the most horrible price in history” — an escalation of its fiery rhetoric targeting the ongoing large-scale military drills between its rivals.

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