N.K. official at Manila peace forum https://t.co/Z1fL2hVoI1

North Korea has fired an unidentified projectile near Wonsan this morning, South Korea's joint chiefs of staff says in a short message.

... I say while on a panel in DC talking about regional nuclear risks.

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Report: Belarussian diplomat seriously injured after being shot in Ankara, Turkey. According to the news agency Sputnik https://t.co/TW65JLttxZ

#Mueller on #Russia|n interference: “They’re doing it as we sit here." @peterbakernyt

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#BREAKING: North Korea on Thursday fired an unidentified projectile from near its east coast city of Wonsan, South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said. "Our military is monitoring the situation in case of additional launches and maintaining a readiness posture…

#BREAKING: US defence official tells @barbarastarrcnn that North Korea has launched at least 1 short-range projectile - via @jmhansler

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Been waiting on this one. They've been beating around the bush for a bit.

Reminder that a short-range ballistic missile can have a range up to 1,000 km & if the launch is indeed similar to what was tested in May, the apogee suggests the Islander-like missile could well evade ROK & US missile defences & carry nuclear warhead(s).…

Obviously this test won’t carry a nuclear warhead though, that’s pretty much a given.

#BREAKING: North Korea has launched 2 unidentified projectiles that flew approx 430km- @yonhaptweet

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@YonhapNews UPDATE: South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff says North Korea fired two projectiles from Wonsan -- one at 5:34am and the other at 5:57am. Flight distance was approximately 430 kilometers. - @GalloVOA

NEW: South Korea says North Korea fired at least 2 projectiles, which traveled 430 kilometers, Yonhap says

This map should give you an idea of the flight distance, including distance if it was shot into SK. Rough map of 430km.

I am quite confident that the missile test was the KN-23. North Korean equivalent to the Russian Iskander.

(LEAD) N. Korea fires 2 unidentified projectiles into East Sea: JCS https://t.co/RcJAPb2zJe