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DPRK fires short-range missile off east coast: Yonhap

Other News Materials 29 May 2009 16:30 (UTC +04:00)

The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) launched a short-range missile from its east coast, South Korea's Yonhap News Agency on Friday reported, citing an official at the South Korean government.
  
DPRK seems to have launched a missile into the East Sea at around 6:12 p.m., at Musudanri, Hwadae county, North Hamgyong province, according to the official, Xinhua reported.
  
"The missile, with an estimated range of 160 km, was seemed to be a different from what it had launched before," said the official.
  
"It might be a new type of a land-to-air missile," the official added.
  
The DPRK has been firing a series of missiles since Monday, when it said it successfully conducted a second nuclear test.

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