Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Wednesday (August 24) North Korea’s latest missile launch was “unforgivable” and posed a grave threat to Japan’s security, adding his government had lodged a stern protest against its
isolated neighbour.
“This poses a grave threat to Japan’s security, and is an unforgivable act that damages regional peace and stability markedly,” Abe told reporters at the prime minister’s residence.
North Korea fired a submarine-launched ballistic missile off its east coast early on Wednesday, South Korea’s military said, the latest in a string of missile launches in defiance of U.N. Security Council resolutions.
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