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North Korea carries out new ballistic missile test
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The missile was launched near Kusong, north-west of the capital, Pyongyang, and flew 700km (430 miles), it said.
North
Korea has carried out a series of missile tests this year, causing
international condemnation and increasing tensions with the US.
Two missile launches last month both failed, with the rockets exploding just minutes into flight.
South Korea and Japan both condemned the latest launch. The
South's new President Moon Jae-in convened an emergency meeting of his
security council to discuss the issue, Yonhap news agency reported.
Japan said the missile flew for about 30 minutes before landing in the Sea of Japan.
Cuban echoes, by the BBC's Korea correspondent Stephen Evans
The North Korean situation has been likened to the Cuban missile crisis in slow motion.
In
October 1962, aerial pictures showed that the Soviet Union was building
a missile base on Cuba, just off the coast of Florida.
President
Kennedy said he would not accept that. It was what would now be called a
"red line". In the face of a credible threat of war, the Soviet leader
Khrushchev backed down.
It is not clear where Mr Trump's red line
is or whether he could enforce it short of a truly devastating war,
possibly with China drawn in.
He has said that North Korean
missiles capable of hitting the US mainland "won't happen". Recently, he
has mentioned talking to Kim Jong-un but also warned that North Korea
risks a "major, major conflict".
There is also a new president in
Seoul keen on dialogue. As the missile tests continue, it is not clear
when or if Washington would decide on military action - or whether Seoul
would try to block it. The North has conducted five nuclear tests despite UN sanctions and is also developing long-range missiles.
It is reported to be continuing efforts to miniaturise nuclear warheads and fit them on missiles capable of reaching the US.
Washington
has accused other UN Security Council members of not fully enforcing
existing sanctions against the North, and has urged China in particular
to use its trade links as influence.
But despite poor relations, North Korea recently said it would hold talks with the US "if the conditions were right".
The
comments, by a senior North Korean diplomat, came after US President
Donald Trump said he would be "honoured" to meet the North's leader, Kim
Jong-un.
The latest launch comes days after President Moon was sworn in.
In
his first speech as president he vowed to address relations with the
North, also saying that he would be willing to visit Pyongyang under the
right circumstances.
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