May 05, 2024
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N. Korea launches more missiles despite Japanese rebuke

Second firing of past week occurs even as Pyongyang seeks to convince Tokyo to lift sanctions

North Korea has again fired short range projectiles from its east coast, just days after its previous launch and despite key ongoing discussions with Japan.

South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said that the rockets, believed to be 300-millimeter multiple-rocket launcher KN-09 shells, were launched between 6:50 and 8 a.m., from near Wonsan, Kangwon Province.

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