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Missile vs missile: North Korea and South Korea enter test duel

South Korean President Moon was attending that test firing when word came of the North Korean launches, its first ballistic missile tests since March

People in Seoul watch a news programme reporting about North Korea's missile test. Kim Yo Jong, Kim Jong Un's sister , has warned of “destruction” of bilateral ties.	(Photo: AP/PTI)
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People in Seoul watch a news programme reporting about North Korea's missile test. Kim Yo Jong, Kim Jong Un's sister , has warned of “destruction” of bilateral ties. (Photo: AP/PTI)

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North Korea and South Korea test fired ballistic missiles on Wednesday, the latest volley in an arms race. South Korea tested a submarine-launched ballistic missile, becoming the first country without nuclear weapons to develop such a system.
 
South Korean President Moon was attending that test firing when word came of the North Korean launches, its first ballistic missile tests since March. North Korea fired a pair of ballistic missiles that landed in the sea off its east coast, according to officials in South Korea and Japan, just days after it tested a cruise missile.
 
Japan's defence ministry said