Korea may have launched missile towards Japan

TOKYO: The US military informed Japan on Sunday that North Korea may have launched a short-range missile towards the Sea of Japan, Kyodo News agency said, citing government sources. Japan’s government was trying to confirm the report of the launch, which could have taken place earlier Sunday, Kyodo News said. Asked about the report, a Japanese foreign ministry official said: “We have unconfirmed reports about a missile.” The communist state shocked the world in 1998 by firing a missile over Japan into the Pacific Ocean. The report comes as North Korea is locked in a standoff over its nuclear ambitions, with Pyongyang’s state media saying Saturday that no resolution would be possible with US President George W Bush in office. Pyongyang has accused Washington of seeking to topple its government and announced on February 10 that it possesses nuclear weapons to defend itself.afp

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