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		</div><p>A medium-range ballistic missile fired by North Korea flew about 620 miles and landed in the Sea of Japan.</p>
<p>The US Strategic Command said North Korea fired two presumed Rodong missiles simultaneously on Wednesday.</p>
<p>It said initial indications reveal one of the missiles exploded immediately after launch, while the second was tracked over North Korea and into the Sea of Japan.</p>
<p>According to South Korea and Japan, one suspected Rodong missile lifted off from the North&#8217;s western Hwanghae province and flew across the country before falling in waters between the Korean Peninsula and Japan.</p>
<p>Seoul&#8217;s Joint Chiefs of Staff said that it &#8220;strongly condemns&#8221; the missile launch because it explicitly shows the North&#8217;s intentions of being able to launch missile attacks on South Korea and neighbouring countries.</p>
<p>Japan&#8217;s defence ministry said the missile landed inside Japan&#8217;s exclusive economic zone, the 200-nautical-mile offshore area where a nation has sovereign rights for exploring and exploiting resources.</p>
<p>Japanese media reported it was the first North Korean missile that has splashed down in Japan&#8217;s EEZ.</p>
<p>&#8220;It imposes a serious threat to Japan&#8217;s security and it is unforgivable act of violence toward Japan&#8217;s security,&#8221; Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said.</p>
<p>North Korea has previously fired Rodong and other missiles into the sea but South Korean analysts say Wednesday&#8217;s flight was one of the longest for a North Korean test.</p>
<p>Several North Korean rockets have gone further and even over Japan. But Pyongyang called them satellite launches while Washington, Seoul and Tokyo said they were disguised tests of missile technology.</p>
<p>After several failures, the North put its first satellite into space aboard a long-range rocket in December 2012 and conducted another successful satellite launch in February.</p>
<p>In June, North Korea, after a string of failures, sent another type of mid-range missile known as &#8220;Musudan&#8221; more than 870 miles high.Analysts say the high-altitude flight meant North Korea had made progress in its push to be able to strike US forces throughout the region.</p>
<p>North Korea routinely conducts weapons tests, but the latest launch came after North Korea warned of unspecified &#8220;physical counter-actions&#8221; against a US plan to deploy an advanced missile defence system in South Korea by the end of next year.</p>
<p>Seoul and Washington officials said they need the Terminal High-Altitude Area Defence, or THAAD, system to better cope with what they call North Korea&#8217;s increasing military threats.</p>
<p>North Korea called the system a provocation that it says is only aimed at bolstering US military hegemony in the region.</p>
<p>Pyongyang is expected to carry out more weapons launches in coming weeks to protest against annual US-South Korean military drills that begin later this month. North Korea describes the drills as an invasion rehearsal.</p>
<p>The Korean Peninsula remains in a technical state of war because the 1950-53 Korean War ended with an armistice, not a peace treaty.</p>
<p>About 28,500 US troops are stationed in South Korea and tens of thousands of more in Japan.</p>
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