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North Korea launches missile test, in response to South Korean-US war games

NORTH KOREA fired multiple short-range ballistic missiles toward its eastern waters today morning, its neighbours said, days after the end of the South Korean-US war games.

The launches came as US Secretary of State Antony Blinken was in Seoul for a democracy summit. 

Japan’s Defence Ministry said North Korea fired three missiles.

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