North Korea fired an intercontinental ballistic missile on Saturday which landed in Japan's exclusive economic zone, Seoul and Tokyo said
North Korea fired an intercontinental ballistic missile on Saturday which landed in Japan's exclusive economic zone, Seoul and Tokyo said, after Pyongyang warned of a strong response to upcoming US-South Korean military drills.
Seoul's military told AFP it had detected the launch of an ICBM, which was fired on a lofted trajectory -- up instead of out, typically done to avoid overflying neighbouring countries -- and flew some 900 kilometres. The launch was"another step in the efforts of North Korea to perfect its long-range strike capabilities", Chun In-bum, a retired South Korean army general, told AFP.
In response, Seoul has ramped up joint military drills and cooperation with key security ally Washington, in a bid to convince the increasingly nervous South Korean public of America's commitment to deter nuclear-armed Pyongyang.
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