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| North Korea 'fires missile from submarine' | |
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| North Korea has fired a submarine-based ballistic missile, South Korea's Yonhap news agency says. | |
| The reported test follows an attempted launch last month that South Korea said failed in its initial flight stage. | |
| North Korea, believed to be developing nuclear weapons, is banned by the UN from any use of ballistic missiles. | |
| The latest launch comes after Pyongyang threatened retaliation for joint US-South Korea military exercises that it sees as a rehearsal for invasion. | |
| Last month, the US and South Korea also agreed to deploy a missile defence system to counter threats from the North. | |
| In January, North Korea conducted its fourth nuclear test, claiming it to be its first using a hydrogen bomb. | |
| Shortly after that Pyongyang launched a satellite, widely seen as a test of long-range missile technology. |