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North Korea Fires Ballistic Missile Into Sea

December 18, 2023 at 6:23 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“North Korea on Sunday fired a short-range ballistic missile into the sea, South Korea said, in a possible display of defiance against the latest steps by Washington and Seoul to tighten their nuclear deterrence plans against North Korean threats,” the AP reports.

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