North Korea confirms it launched a missile 0:49
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North Korea said it successfully tested a hypersonic missile on Wednesday, state news agency KCNA reported.
According to the report, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un did not attend the launch.
"Successive and successful test launches in the hypersonic missile sector have the strategic importance of accelerating the task of modernizing the national strategic force suggested by the VIII Party Congress, and completing the most important task among the five main tasks in the sector. of strategic weapons of the "Annual Plan", noted KCNA.
The missile detached after launch, maneuvered 120 km from the initial launch, and reached the target set at 700 km without an error, KCNA reported.
Japan's Coast Guard said after reports of the launch on Wednesday that the projectile fell into the sea off the east coast of the Korean Peninsula.
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Shortly after the launch on Wednesday, the South Korean National Security Council expressed concern about the launch of a missile by North Korea, which it presumed to be a ballistic missile, and called for the resumption of dialogue with Korea. North to ease tension in inter-Korean relations, according to the Blue House, South Korea's presidential office.
The South Korean Unification Ministry urged North Korea to respond to its efforts to achieve peace and cooperation through dialogue.
In September 2021, North Korea said it had tested a new hypersonic missile, Hawasong-8, in Toyang-ri, Ryongrim county of Jagang province.
