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North Korea conducts missile test
Published in Amwal Al Ghad on 12 - 02 - 2017

North Korea has fired a ballistic missile in the first such test since Donald Trump took office as U.S. president.
Trump assured Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe that America stands behind Japan, its great ally, 100 percent.
The missile fired by North Korea flew east towards the Sea of Japan for about 500km, South Korean officials said.
Abe said the test was absolutely intolerable. Japanese officials said the missile did not reach its waters.
Speaking at a joint press conference during a visit to the U.S., Abe added that Trump had also assured him that he was committed to further enforcing their alliance.
North Korea has conducted a number of nuclear tests in the past year in acts of aggression that continue to alarm and anger the region.
Sunday's launch took place at 07:55 local time (22:55 GMT Saturday) from the Banghyon air base in North Pyongan province on the west side of the Korean peninsula.
The missile reached an altitude of about 550km (350 miles), according to a South Korean official quoted by Reuters news agency, and appeared to be a Rodong medium-range missile.
South Korea's foreign ministry said:"North Korea's repeated provocations show the Kim Jong-un regime's nature of irrationality, maniacally obsessed in its nuclear and missile development".
Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga confirmed the missile had not reached Japanese territorial waters, adding that Tokyo would make a strong protest to North Korea over the incident.
There has so far been no comment from North Korea.
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un said in January that the country was close to testing long-range missiles capable of carrying nuclear warheads.
On a visit to South Korea last week, U.S. Defence Secretary James Mattis said that any use of nuclear weapons by North Korea would be met with an effective and overwhelming response.
He also reconfirmed plans to deploy a US missile defence system in South Korea later this year.
North Korea conducted its fifth test of a nuclear device last year, and claims it is capable of carrying out a nuclear attack on the United States, though experts are still unconvinced that its technology has progressed that far.
It has also said in recent weeks that it has a new intercontinental ballistic missile, capable of reaching the U.S. mainland, which it is prepared to test launch at any time.
Source: BBC


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