North Korea Launches Missile, Sparks Evacuation in Japan
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Japan's missile alert system malfunctioned after it warned residents that a missile launched by North Korea could fall on or close to the northern island of Hokkaido. The system issued the evacuation warning just before 8am local time, but lifted it soon after, saying it had erroneously predicted that the missile would fall near the island. The launch came days after North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong-un, called for a strengthening of the country’s war deterrence in a “more practical and offensive manner” to counter US “aggression.”
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