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South Korean Military Confirms North Korea's New Missile Launch

© REUTERS / Toru HanaiMen walk past a street monitor showing news of North Korea's intercontinental ballistic missile test in Tokyo, Japan. (File)
Men walk past a street monitor showing news of North Korea's intercontinental ballistic missile test in Tokyo, Japan. (File) - Sputnik International
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South Korean military has confirmed the DPRK's missile launch on Friday.

The intercontinental ballistic missile Hwasong-14 is seen during its test in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang, July 5 2017 - Sputnik International
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According to the Yonhap news agency, the missile was launched from Jagang Province, northern North Korea, late Friday evening. South Korean President Moon Jae-in convened an emergency meeting of his national security team in the early hours of Saturday.

Earlier in the day, Japanese NHK reported that North Korea appears to have fired a missile which may have landed in Japan's exclusive economic zone. However, the broadcaster said that it could be just a projectile. The Kyodo news agency reported that the Japanese government was convening a national security council meeting in response to North Korea’s launch.

Meanwhile, the Pentagon said that it has detected what it considers to be a ballistic missile launch by the DPRK.

According to Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga, the missile flew for about 45 minutes.

In this image released by the U.S. Navy, the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson, flanked by South Korean destroyers, from left, Yang Manchun and Sejong the Great, and the U.S.Navy's Wayne E. Meyer and USS Michael Murphy, transit the western Pacific Ocean Wednesday, May 3, 2017. - Sputnik International
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If confirmed, it would be the first missile launch carried out by Pyongyang after its first successful ICBM test as North Korea and the US describe it.

On July 4, North Korea announced it had successfully launched its first intercontinental ballistic missile, saying it traveled 580 miles and reached an altitude of 1,740 miles during its 39-minute flight before accurately hitting a targeted area in the Sea of Japan. The test immediately prompted sharp criticism from the international community.

Following the launch, the Russian Defense Ministry disputed Pyongyang's claim, saying the missile's flight parameters indicated it reached an altitude of 535 kilometers (332 miles) and traveled 510 kilometers before falling in central Sea of Japan. However, US officials believe that Pyongyang had successfully launched an ICBM for the first time.

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