North Korea fires missile over Japan

Published September 14, 2017 10:28pm ET



North Korea fired an intermediate range ballistic missile from the vicinity of the country’s capital, Pyongyang, and over Japan, U.S. officials confirmed Thursday evening.

“The ballistic missile overflew the territory of northern Japan before landing in the Pacific Ocean east of Japan,” U.S. Pacific Command said in a statement.

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