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North Korea has launched another ballistic missile to the east, in the direction of Japan, according to South Korean news agency Yonhap, just hours after Japan detected radio signals that suggested an immediate missile launch. The South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff confirmed that the launch took place at 3:17 a.m. local time from a location north of Pyongyang. Pentagon spokesperson Rob Manning confirmed that North Korea had fired a ballistic missile but could offer no further information at this time. RELATED: Russia issued an alarming warning of what may happen if Kim Jong-un gets the nuclear power he seeks After a spree in which North Korea fired several missiles per month for consecutive months, the dictatorship ceased firing missiles for 75 days starting in September, according to Associated Press. The last ballistic missile test — which saw a ballistic missile sail over Japan — was carried out on September 15. The nation tested several Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles (ICBMs) this year; they are reportedly in the process of upgrading their ICMB arsenal and might be capable of firing an ICMB armed with a miniature warhead as soon as next year. Defense Secretary James Mattis says this missile launch, which is believed to be an ICBM, went higher in the atmosphere than any other missile North Korea has ever fired and had a flight time of nearly an hour. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff say South Korean armed forces responded with a “precision strike” missile launch test at 3:23 a.m. local time, just minutes after the initial North Korean ballistic missile test. Guam Homeland Security/Office of Civil Defense says there is no danger to the island or its inhabitants at this time and “‘no immediate threat,” according to a post from the organization on Facebook.
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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 ।