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North Korea fired a ballistic missile today, the South Korean defence ministry said. The ministry said the missile was launched from the Banghyon air base in the western province of North Pyongan Province at around 7.55 am (local time) and flew east towards the Sea of Japan. The ministry said the type of missile was yet to be identified, adding that the missile launched seemed to be aimed at "drawing global attention to the North by boasting its nuclear and missile capabilities". "It is also believed that it was an armed provocation to test the response from the new US administration under President Trump," the ministry further said. The Pentagon confirmed the launch was not that of an intercontinental ballistic missile. It was a medium- or intermediate-range ballistic missile, the Pentagon said, but did not comment on whether the test was a success or a failure. South Korean sources meanwhile told Reuters that the missile reached an altitude of about 550 kilometers and flew for about 500 kilometers. Meanwhile, Japan reacted strongly to the launch, calling it an act of provocation to Japan and the region. Japanese Prime Minister said the missile launch is absolutely unacceptable. Abe's comments came at a joint press conference with President Trump, who said the US stands behind Japan '100 per cent'. Abe is currently in the US. South Korea too condemned the launch with the country's foreign ministry saying, "North Korea's repeated provocations show the Kim Jong Un regime's nature of irrationality, maniacally obsessed in its nuclear and missile development." Also read: North Korea may test-launch ICBM soon, says South Korean media North Korea's nuclear dreams South Korea's Yonhap news agency reported that the country's military suspected the North may have been testing a intermediate-range Musudan missile. Last October Pyongyang test-fired Musudan missiles twice from the same airbase. North Korea, in 2016, conducted two nuclear tests and numerous missile launches in its quest to develop a nuclear weapons system capable of hitting the US mainland. In January leader Kim Jong-Un boasted that Pyongyang was in the "final stages" of developing an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) in an apparent attempt to pressure the incoming US president. Trump shot back on Twitter, saying "It won't happen." The latest North Korean launch also comes after Trump assured visiting Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe that Washington was committed to the security of its key Asian ally. Also read: Donald Trump dismisses North Korea nuclear threat, says it won't happen (With inputs from agencies)
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काठमाडौं । उत्तर कोरिया र दक्षिण कोरियाले केही घण्टाको अन्तरालमा नै ब्यालेस्टिक मिसाइलको परीक्षण गरेका छन् । ब्यालेस्टिक मिसाइलको यो परीक्षणका साथै प्रायद्वीपमा हतियारको विषयमा चलेको होडबाजीले तीब्रता पाएको छ । उत्तर कोरियाले आफ्नो पूर्वी तटमा दुई ब्यालेस्टिक मिसाइल दाग्यो । पछिल्लो ६ महिनामा मिसाइल परीक्षणको यो पहिलो मामिला हो र साथै यो संयुक्त राष्ट्रको प्रस्तावको उल्लंघन पनि हो । यसअघि दक्षिण कोरिया र चीनले उत्तर कोरियाको परमाणु विषयमाथि चर्चा पनि गरेका थिए । यो मिसाइल परीक्षणलाई यो वार्तासँग जोडेर पनि हेरिएको छ । उत्तर कोरियाको परीक्षणको केही घण्टा पछि नै दक्षिण कोरियाले पनि आफ्नो पहिलो पनडुब्बी–प्रक्षेपित ब्यालेस्टिक मिसाइलको परीक्षण गर्यो । यद्यपि, दक्षिण कोरियाको तर्फबाट एसएलबीएमको नामबाट परिचित यो मिसाइलको परीक्षण पहिला नै हुने निश्चित थियो । यो उत्तर कोरियाको परीक्षणको प्रतिक्रिया होइन । यो परीक्षणका साथै दक्षिण कोरियामा यस्तो प्रकारका प्रविधिमा सक्षम दुनियाँको सातौं देश बनेको छ । परीक्षणका बेला राष्ट्रपति मून जे–इन पनि उपस्थित थिए । यसबारे प्रतिक्रिया दिँदै उनले भने, ‘दक्षिण कोरियासँग अब उत्तर कोरियाको उक्साहटको जवाफ दिनका लागि पर्याप्त स्रोत साधन छन् ।’ उनले थपे, ‘दक्षिण कोरिया कुनै पनि समय उत्तर कोरियाको उक्साहटको जवाफ दिन सक्षम छ । हामी हाम्रो हतियार कार्यक्रमलाई जारी राख्नेछौं ।’ सरकारी समाचार एजेन्सी केसीएनएका अनुसार दक्षिण कोरियाको बयानमाथि उत्तर कोरियाका नेता किम जोङ उनकी बहिनी किम यो जोंगले आलोचना गरेकी छिन् । उनले दक्षिण कोरियाको टिप्पणीलाई अतार्किक बताएका छन् । उनले यसका कारण सम्झौता टुट्न सक्ने चेतावनी दिएकी छिन् ।