North Korea fires a suspected missile toward the sea, Japan says
Japan said North Korea launched a suspected missile toward the sea on Thursday, according to NPR News.
Japan said North Korea fired a suspected missile toward the sea on Thursday, NPR News reported.
The report said the launch came one day after North Korea shrugged off a U.S. decision to scale back military drills with South Korea. The report described that decision as an apparent effort to resume diplomacy.
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