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| North Korea has fired a submarine-launched ballistic missile off its east coast, according to the South Korean military. | North Korea has fired a submarine-launched ballistic missile off its east coast, according to the South Korean military. |
| North Korea test-fired the missile at around at 5:50am (2050 GMT) near the coastal city of Sinpo, where satellite imagery shows a submarine base to be located, an official at South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said. | |
| The brief statement gave no further details and offered no verdict on the success of the test but a US official said the missile flew for about 300 miles before crashing into the sea. | |
| South Korean news agency Yonhap said the missile landed inside Japan’s Air Defence Identification Zone | |
| The launch comes two days after rival South Korea and the United States began annual military exercises in the South that North Korea condemns as a preparation for invasion, and has threatened retaliation. | The launch comes two days after rival South Korea and the United States began annual military exercises in the South that North Korea condemns as a preparation for invasion, and has threatened retaliation. |
| North Korea has become further isolated after a January nuclear test, its fourth, and the launch of a long-range rocket in February brought tightened UN sanctions. It has launched numerous missiles of various types this year, including one this month that landed in or near Japanese-controlled waters. | North Korea has become further isolated after a January nuclear test, its fourth, and the launch of a long-range rocket in February brought tightened UN sanctions. It has launched numerous missiles of various types this year, including one this month that landed in or near Japanese-controlled waters. |
| Tensions on the Korean peninsula were exacerbated by the recent defection of North Korea’s deputy ambassador in London to South Korea, an embarrassing setback to the regime of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. | Tensions on the Korean peninsula were exacerbated by the recent defection of North Korea’s deputy ambassador in London to South Korea, an embarrassing setback to the regime of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. |
| The launch comes after North Korea warned on Tuesday that joint military exercises between South Korea and the United States were pushing the situation on the Korean Peninsula “to the brink of a war” and asked for an urgent meeting of the UN Security Council. | The launch comes after North Korea warned on Tuesday that joint military exercises between South Korea and the United States were pushing the situation on the Korean Peninsula “to the brink of a war” and asked for an urgent meeting of the UN Security Council. |
| In a letter to the council president, North Korea’s UN Ambassador Jan Song Nam accused the United States of “creating the danger of war” with the drills, which began Monday. | In a letter to the council president, North Korea’s UN Ambassador Jan Song Nam accused the United States of “creating the danger of war” with the drills, which began Monday. |
| Jan said in the letter that the situation on the Korean Peninsula “has become unprecedentedly instable (sic) due to the introduction of nuclear strategic bombers, anti-ballistic missile system of Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) and other strategic assets by the US to the Korean Peninsula and its vicinity.” | Jan said in the letter that the situation on the Korean Peninsula “has become unprecedentedly instable (sic) due to the introduction of nuclear strategic bombers, anti-ballistic missile system of Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) and other strategic assets by the US to the Korean Peninsula and its vicinity.” |
| Reuters and Associated Press contributed to this report | Reuters and Associated Press contributed to this report |