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North Korea was accused of breaching UN security council resolutions by firing two ballistic missiles on Wednesday, at the same time as South Korea, Washington and Japan convened a three-way summit on the security threat posed by the North. | |
The medium-range Rodong missiles were test-fired, the US said, in the first such launch since 2009. The North has made a series of shorter-range rocket launches in recent weeks to protest against ongoing annual military drills by the US and South Korea. | |
The missiles flew about 400 miles (650km) off North Korea's east coast early on Wednesday morning, the South Korean government said. It was not immediately clear where they splashed down. | |
Barack Obama met with the Japanese prime minister, Shinzo Abe, and President Park Geun-hye of South Korean on Tuesday in the Netherlands to discuss how to deal with North Korea. | Barack Obama met with the Japanese prime minister, Shinzo Abe, and President Park Geun-hye of South Korean on Tuesday in the Netherlands to discuss how to deal with North Korea. |
The North has an estimated 300 Rodong missiles that could in theory be fitted with nuclear warheads to reach as far as Tokyo or US military bases in Japan. | |
The US state department confirmed the launches and said North Korea apparently didn't issue any maritime warning. It took place on the fourth anniversary of the sinking of a South Korean warship by a suspected North Korean torpedo. Pyongyang denies involvement in the attack, which killed 46 sailors. | |
North Korea and Japan are due to restart high-level government-to-government talks on Sunday after a 16-month hiatus. An analyst said the missile launch could be a way to test Tokyo's commitment to negotiating a deal that would provide aid to Pyongyang in return for returning any surviving Japanese abducted by North Korea in the 1970s and 1980s. | |
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