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The Japanese coast guard has said that North Korea seems to have fired a ballistic missile on Tuesday, the second one in less than a week. The communist country had admitted to firing a &quot;hypersonic missile&quot; last week on Wednesday.</p>
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Japanese <a href="https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2022/01/fcf7156dabee-breaking-news-north-korea-fires-projectile-japan-govt.html"><em>news agency Kyodo </em></a>said that the second missile landed in the sea outside Japan&#39;s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), but caused no damage to ships or aircraft, according to the government.<br />
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Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida condemned the spate of missile launches by the communist neighbour, saying, &quot;It is extremely regrettable that the country has repeatedly carried out missile launches.&quot;<br />
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Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno told journalists at a news conference that the missile is believed to have traveled less than 700 kms.<br />
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Kishida has instructed ministers to monitor North Korea&#39;s military activities and asked officials to collect information on the launch while ensuring the safety of planes and vessels in and around Japan.<br />
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Meanwhile, South Korea&#39;s <em>Yonhap news agency </em>too reported the launch of an &quot;unidentified projectile&quot;, quoting the South Korean military.<br />
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South Korea&#39;s National Security Council held an emergency meeting and expressed &quot;deep regret&quot; over the latest firing.<br />
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The launches have happened at a time when the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) was holding closed-door discussion over North Korea&#39;s missile launches.<br />
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Over the past few months, the remote and secretive country has test-fired a number of missiles from trainheads to submarine based missiles, leading to an arms race in the Korean peninsula.</p>
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