North Korea reportedly test fires submarine missile

File footage of a North Korean missile launch.
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North Korea fired a submarine-launched ballistic missile early Wednesday morning off its east coast, South Korea's Yonhap news agency reports.

In July, South Korea said an attempted launch by North Korea failed in its initial flight stage. Yonhap reports the missile landed inside Japan's Air Defense Identification Zone, and a U.S. official said the missile made it 300 miles before it crashed into the sea. The United Nations has banned North Korea from any use of ballistic missiles, and the launch comes just a few days after the start of annual military exercises between the United States and South Korea. Pyongyang believes the exercises are rehearsal for an invasion, and vowed retaliation. In January, North Korea conducted its fourth nuclear test, and said it was the first time the country used a hydrogen bomb.

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia is night editor for TheWeek.com. Her writing and reporting has appeared in Entertainment Weekly and EW.com, The New York Times, The Book of Jezebel, and other publications. A Southern California native, Catherine is a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.