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#BREAKING North Korea fires ballistic missile, Seoul's military says

#BREAKING North Korea fired 'a presumed ICBM', Seoul's military says

#UPDATE North Korea has likely fired an intercontinental ballistic missile, Seoul's military says, the second launch in two days as Pyongyang continues a record-breaking blitz that has sent fears of a nuclear test soaring

#BREAKING Suspected North Korean ICBM 'currently flying' says Tokyo

#BREAKING Japan PM says North Korean missile believed to have fallen into the sea

#UPDATE North Korea fired a suspected intercontinental ballistic missile Friday, Seoul's military says, its second launch in two days.

Japan says the missile splashed down in its exclusive economic zone

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VIDEO: Travellers in Japan watch news on TV of a suspected North Korean intercontinental ballistic missile launch on Friday.

Japan said the missile splashed down in its exclusive economic zone off the northern region of Hokkaido

#BREAKING Vice President Kamala Harris to meet five leaders including Japan, South Korea on North Korean missile launch: US

#UPDATE Vice President Kamala Harris is to hold urgent talks with leaders from Japan, South Korea, Australia, New Zealand and Canada after North Korea fired a suspected ICBM, US official says.

Harris will meet the 5 leaders on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific summit in Bangkok

#UPDATE North Korea fired an intercontinental ballistic missile Friday in one of its most powerful ever tests, with Japan saying the weapon may have had the range to hit the United States mainland.u.afp.com/icUE

Map showing North Korea's missile launch on November 18.
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Charts showing test flight altitudes and estimated ranges of North Korea's most powerful missiles
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#UPDATE US Vice President Kamala Harris and leaders from Japan, South Korea, Australia, New Zealand and Canada have vowed to pressure North Korea as they held urgent talks on Pyongyang's launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile.
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#BREAKING North Korea missile launch did not pose threat to US homeland: White House

#BREAKING UN chief urges N. Korea to 'immediately desist' from provocations after ICBM test: statement