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N.Korea fires missile towards the east -S.Korea, Japan militaries

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SEOUL — North Korea fired a ballistic missile off its east coast on Tuesday, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said.

The Japanese government warned citizens to take cover after its coast guard reported on a suspected missile launch by North Korea.

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The latest launch was Pyongyang’s fifth launch in a week, amid military muscle-flexing by the United States and South Korea, which staged trilateral anti-submarine exercises last week with Japanese naval forces. (Reporting by Hyonhee Shin; Editing by Leslie Adler and Chris Reese)