Japan’s prime minister, Shinzo Abe, has denounced North Korea’s latest missile launch as an “unforgivable” threat to regional stability after the isolated state successfully test-fired a missile from a submarine on Wednesday morning. US Strategic Command said the missile, believed to be a KN-11, had been fired from the North Korean coastal city of Sinpo at around 5:30 am local time and flew about 500 km before landing in the Sea of Japan. Abe noted that it was the first time a North Korean missile launched from a submarine had entered Japan’s air defence identification zone, a reference to areas that countries designate to help maintain air security. “This poses a grave threat to Japan’s security, and is an unforgivable act that damages regional peace and stability markedly,” Abe told reporters, adding that Japan had lodged a protest with North Korea. The foreign ministers of Japan, South Korea and China were expected to condemn the missile test – the regime’s latest show of defiance against UN security council resolutions banning it from developing ballistic missile technology – when they hold talks in Tokyo later today. Officials in Washington said it was ready to defend Japan and South Korea, a day… Read full this story
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