SEOUL, South Korea: North Korea continued its barrage of weapons tests on Thursday, firing at least three missiles including a suspected intercontinental ballistic missile that...
SEOUL, South Korea: North Korea continued its barrage of weapons tests on Thursday, firing at least three missiles including a suspected intercontinental ballistic missile that forced the Japanese government to issue evacuation alerts and temporarily halt trains.The launches are the latest in a series of North Korean weapons tests in recent months that have raised tensions in the region. They came a day after Pyongyang fired more than 20 missiles, the most it has fired in a single day ever.
and then firing two short-range missiles an hour later from the nearby city of Kacheon that flew toward its eastern waters.While South Korean officials didn't immediately release more specific flight details, the longer-range missile may have been fired on a high angle to avoid reaching the territory of the North's neighbors.Japan's Defense Minister Yasukazu said one of the North Korean missiles reached a maximum altitude of 2,000 kilometers and flew about 750 kilometers (460 miles.
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