North Korea fires ballistic missile, Japan coast guard says (updated)
08/10/2022 19:11
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TOKYO, Oct 9 (Reuters) - North Korea appears to have
fired a ballistic missile, Japanese authorities said early on
Sunday, with national broadcaster NHK reporting that two
missiles may have been launched.
The incident would mark the seventh such launch by North
Korea since Sept. 25, deepening concern in both Tokyo and
Washington.
The projectile had already fallen, Japan's coast guard
said in a statement. Public broadcaster NHK said it appeared to
have landed outside Japan's exclusive economic zone.
NHK later added that a second missile appeared to have
been fired, citing defence ministry sources, although no further
information was immediately available.
South Korea's Yonhap News Agency reported that North
Korea fired an unspecified ballistic missile toward the east
coast, citing South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff.
(Reporting by Nobuhiro Kubo and David Dolan in Tokyo and Phil
Stewart in Washington; Editing by Cynthia Osterman and Nick
Macfie)
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