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North Korea stages second missile test in less than a week

After suspending missile tests following talks with the Trump administration, North Korea is once again intimidating its neighbours. <i>Photo: Getty</i>

After suspending missile tests following talks with the Trump administration, North Korea is once again intimidating its neighbours. Photo: Getty Photo: Getty

North Korea has fired what could be a ballistic missile, Japan’s military and South Korean media say.

South Korea’s military believe North Korea fired a projectile off its east coast on Saturday, and Yonhap news agency said the military believed it was a ballistic missile.

Japan’s defence ministry also tweeted that the projectile could be a ballistic missile.

On Wednesday, North Korea fired a ballistic missile toward the sea off its east coast, South Korea and Japan said, after Pyongyang vowed to develop its nuclear forces ā€œat the fastest possible speedā€.

The United States assessed North Korea was preparing its Punggye-ri nuclear test site and could be ready to conduct a test there as early as this month, State Department deputy spokeswoman Jalina Porter said.

South Korea’s president-elect Yoon Suk-yeol takes office on Tuesday.

-AAP

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