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North Korea fires ICBM after US holds nuke talks with Seoul

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North Korea fired an intercontinental ballistic missile toward waters off its east coast in a show of force after the U.S. and South Korea held talks on containing Pyongyang’s atomic ambitions.

The missile splashed down west of Japan’s main northern island of Hokkaido at about 9:37 a.m., the Defense Ministry in Tokyo said. Vice Defense Minister Shingo Miyake told reporters the rocket appeared to be an ICBM.

The missile was launched at 8:42 a.m. from an area near Pyongyang and flew on a lofted trajectory, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said.

This would be North Korea’s fifth ICBM test this year. The class of missile is the most powerful in its arsenal and designed to deliver a nuclear warhead to the U.S. mainland. Pyongyang usually releases images of its ICBM launches several hours afterward, giving analysts in the outside world a chance to evaluate the state’s latest missiles.

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