North Korea launches missile in 'military drill'
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{{date|June 19, 2007}}

According to the Japanese Defense Ministry, [[North Korea]] has fired a short-range {{w|missile}} today into the {{w|Sea of Japan}}. Officials believed it to be part of a regular exercise.

"North Korea fired a short-range missile in what appeared to be part of a military drill," a Japanese Defense Ministry official was quoted as saying by {{w|Yonhap|Yonhap News Agency}}.

A [[South Korea]]n defense spokesman said such tests are routine.

"We don't deny that North Korea fired a missile," South Korean Army Colonel Ha Doo-chul, told Yonhap. "If it did, we regard it as a routine exercise."

The test comes at the time when North Korea is inviting inspectors in to discuss its nuclear programs.

== Sources ==
*{{source|url=http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/northkorea/2007/06/19/79/0401000000AEN20070619008300315F.HTML
|title=N. Korea fires missile into East Sea
|author=Yonhap News Agency
|pub=Yonhap
|date=June 19, 2007}} 
*{{source|url=http://home.kyodo.co.jp/modules/fstStory/index.php?storyid=321269
|title=N. Korea fires short-range missile: Defense Ministry sources
|author=Kyodo
|pub=Kyodo News
|date=June 19, 2007}}
*{{source|url=http://www.examiner.com/a-787864~South_Korea__North_Korea_Fires_Missile.html?cid=rss-World
|title=South Korea: North Korea fires missile
|author=Kwang-Tae Kim, Associated Press
|pub=Examiner.com
|date= June 19, 2007}}

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[[Category:Politics and conflicts]]
[[Category:Korean Peninsula]]
[[Category:Nuclear proliferation]]

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According to the Japanese Defense Ministry, North Korea has fired a short-range Sea of Japan. Officials believed it to be part of a regular exercise.

"North Korea fired a short-range missile in what appeared to be part of a military drill," a Japanese Defense Ministry official was quoted as saying by Yonhap News Agency.

A South Korean defense spokesman said such tests are routine.

"We don't deny that North Korea fired a missile," South Korean Army Colonel Ha Doo-chul, told Yonhap. "If it did, we regard it as a routine exercise."

The test comes at the time when North Korea is inviting inspectors in to discuss its nuclear programs.


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