North Korea fired an intercontinental ballistic missile hours before the first summit between South Korea and Japan in more than a decade
SEOUL—, where leaders of the two countries were expected to discuss deepening military coordination in response to the growing threat from Pyongyang.
The missile was fired eastward around 7:10 a.m. local time from the Sunan area in the outskirts of Pyongyang, Seoul’s military said. It was in the air for about 70 minutes, reaching an altitude of more than 3,000 miles. It traveled a distance of about 620 miles before landing west of Japan’s northernmost island of Hokkaido, according to Japan’s Defense Ministry. North Korea last
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