North Korea Test Fires Two Missiles Near Border With China

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A North Korean Missile.

by Staff Writers
Tokyo (AFP) Mar 09, 2006
North Korea on Wednesday test-fired two missiles near its border with China, Japanese news reports said. The Stalinist state carried out the missile tests at around 9:00 am (0000 GMT) and at noon (0300 GMT), Nippon Television Network said, quoting officials of the Japanese Defence Agency and public security authorities.

The ground-to-ground missiles with a range of five kilometers (3.1 miles) landed in North Korean territory, the television network said.

"It is a usual exercise and will not affect Japan's security," a Defence Agency official was quoted by Jiji Press as saying.

Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi told reporters: "We are always collecting information. There is nothing to say in particular."

A Defence Agency spokeswoman declined to confirm or deny the report.

Tokyo has been sensitive to North Korea's missile tests since it stunned the world in 1998 by firing a missile over the Japanese mainland into the Pacific.

Source: Agence France-Presse

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