N Korea’s Japan missile: An ‘unprecedented’ threat
North Korea has fired a missile over northern Japan
North Korea has fired a missile that flew over northern Japan before crashing into the sea off the coast of Hokkaido. The Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe calls the missile launch an “unprecedented” threat to his country and will be taking “appropriate steps” in response.
Former bureau chief for the Associated Press in North Korea Jean Lee says we need to take every ICBM seriously because each test improves North Korea’s technology.
Minister for public diplomacy at the Japanese Embassy Shinichi Iida discuss Japan’s “appropriate steps” in response to the Korean peninsula’s missile launch.
(Image: Map of Japan and Korean peninsula, credit: Getty Images)
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