N. Korea says ballistic missile test successful: media
SEOUL - North Korea confirmed its recent test-firing of a ballistic missile was "successful", the state-run news agency KCNA reported Tuesday, a day after the projectile landed in waters close to Japan.
"The ballistic rocket flew toward the east sky where the day broke and correctly hit a planned target point... after flying over the middle shooting range," the report said.
The launch was the North's 12th ballistic missile test this year -- in defiance of UN sanctions warnings and US threats of possible military action.
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