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| North Korea launches another missile into the Sea of Japan | |
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| North Korea have launched another missile just off its east coast into the Sea of Japan, reports the Yonhap news agency. | North Korea have launched another missile just off its east coast into the Sea of Japan, reports the Yonhap news agency. |
| This latest launch comes three days after South Korea claimed the North had fired a medium-range missile into the sea for the first time since 2014. | |
| A South Korean government source said South Korean military are trying to find out what types of missiles and payloads were fired. | |
| These two launches come after North Korea denounced annual US-South Korea military drills which it sees as a rehearsal for invading the North. | |
| Earlier this month, the United Nation had voted in favour of the strictest sanctions yet against the communist regime after North Korea claimed to have tested a hydrogen bomb. | |
| Hours after the UN's decision, North Korea launched short-range projectiles into the Sea of Japan. | |
| The communist regime had performed similar missile tests earlier this month, hours after the UN voted for new stricter sanctions. | The communist regime had performed similar missile tests earlier this month, hours after the UN voted for new stricter sanctions. |