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December 23, 2024

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N.Korea fires short-range ballistic missile: Yonhap

Launch follows Washington, D.C. agreement to continue ratcheting pressure against Pyongyang

North Korea fired a short range missile into the East Sea on Friday afternoon, South Korean military sources told local media, the second reported launch of a projectile to occur this week alone.

The missile, which was fired from near Sondok airfield, Hamgyongnamdo, was reported to be a ballistic type, an anonymous military source told ROK national news agency Yonhap.

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