Tensions rise as North Korea tests medium-range ballistic missile
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Tensions over North Korea’s nuclear weapons and missile programmes have risen yet again after North Korea test fired a medium-range ballistic missile with a potential range of thousands of kilometres on Sunday. Despite Pyongyang’s six previous tests earlier in January, Sunday’s launch was the first of a medium-range ballistic missile for several years, according to its neighbours South Korea and Japan. South Korean President Moon Jae In accused Pyongyang of fuelling new tensions on the Korean peninsula and joined the US and Japan in condemning the test. UN resolutions prohibit North Korea from…

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