N Korea defies missile pressureN Korea defies missile pressure
2002 picture of Taepodong-type missile
The Taepodong missile could reach Alaska (archive picture)
North Korea has said it is free to carry out a long-range
missile test, defying international calls not to do so,
Japan's Kyodo news agency says.
https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/5098984.stm
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