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North Korea Launches Ballistic Missile, South Korea Calls Provocation

8/7/2026

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South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff detected a ballistic missile launched from Wonsan by North Korea at about 5 p.m., prompting surveillance.
Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi said the missile landed off North Korea’s east coast without affecting Japan, prompting Tokyo to lodge a protest.
South Korea’s Security Council called the launch a provocation violating U.N. resolutions and cited a July nuclear-capable cruise-missile test on a destroyer, indicating a naval shift.

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South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff detected a ballistic missile launched from Wonsan by North Korea at about 5 p.m., prompting surveillance.
Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi said the missile landed off North Korea’s east coast without affecting Japan, prompting Tokyo to lodge a protest.
South Korea’s Security Council called the launch a provocation violating U.N. resolutions and cited a July nuclear-capable cruise-missile test on a destroyer, indicating a naval shift.