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North Korea Fires Missile After South Korea Gets New Leader
- South Korean president Moon has vowed to engage with regime
- Military in Seoul says ballistic missile flew 700 kilometers
North Korea Missile Launch Seen a Challenge
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North Korea fired a ballistic missile early Sunday, its seventh such test this year, just days after South Korea elected a president who vowed to engage with Kim Jong Un’s regime.
The missile was launched at 5:27 a.m. from the western city of Kusong, northwest of the capital Pyongyang, and flew about 700 kilometers (435 miles), South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said in text messages.