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North Korea Launches Apparent Ballistic Missile

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North Korean flags at the East Asian Games in Macau, China Nov. 5, 2005.

The Yomiuri Shimbun

11:41 JST, March 19, 2023

North Korea has launched what appears to be a ballistic missile, the Japanese Defense Ministry announced Sunday.

The missile fell into the Sea of Japan, outside Japan’s exclusive economic zone.

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