North Korea's Second Firing of Ballistic Missile May Have Failed
A TV screen showing file footage of a North Korean missile launch, shown at a railway station in Seoul on April 28, 2016.
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North Korea may have failed in firing a mid-range Musudan ballistic missile Thursday morning, little more than a week before Kim Jong Un’s regime is scheduled to hold the country’s first ruling party congress in 36 years.
The missile was fired around 6:40 a.m. from the east coastal city of Wonsan and flew for several seconds before falling from the sky, according to a South Korean Defense Ministry who declined to be named, citing internal policy.