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North Korea testing weapons much more than in past

By HyungJin Kim
Published July 14, 2014 8:52am ET
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North Korea testing weapons much more than in past
People watch a TV news program reporting on North Korea's artillery shells at Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, July 14, 2014. North Korea on Monday fired artillery shells into waters near its sea border with South Korea, Seoul's military said, a day after the country test-launched two ballistic missiles in the latest of a series of weapon tests. The superimposed letters on the screen read: " North Korea fired about 100 artillery shells into NLL North Korea area on east sea". (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man) | Lee Jin-man

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Another day, another defiant weapons test from North Korea.

A day after launching two ballistic missiles from a base near the border with archrival South Korea, Pyongyang on Monday fired a barrage of artillery shells into waters near its eastern sea border with the South. Officials in Seoul have confirmed nearly 100 missile, rocket and artillery tests by North Korea this year, an output seen as significantly higher than past years.

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