北, 탄도 미사일 발사...70여 일 만에 추가 도발

We begin our newscast with coverage of the big breaking story...
In the early hours of this morning,... North Korea test-fired a ballistic missile into waters off its east coast.
It's the first provocation by the regime in more than two months-- and the first since the U.S. redesignated the regime back on the list of state sponsor of terrorism.
The missile fired very early in the morning unlike the previous ones,... has been confirmed by the Pentagon to be an ICBM... and has reportedly flew hundreds of kilometers... before landing in the East Sea off the coast of Japan.
Keeping us abreast with the details,... we have our Yu Joonhee with us on the line.
Joonhee, what do we know so far.

Semin.
According to South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff... North Korea launched a ballistic missile in an eastwardly direction,... at precisely 3:17 am local time here in Seoul.
The projectile was fired from the city of Pyongsong,... roughly 30 kilometers northeast of the capital Pyongyang.
It was reportedly in the air for 50 minutes... before landing in the East Sea,... 210 kilometers off the coast of Japan's Aomori Prefecture,... an area which lies within Japan's exclusive economic zone.
As you mentioned,... this is the first time North Korea has test-fired a ballistic missile in 75 days... with the last one occurring back in mid-September.
U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis... confirmed the latest missile was an ICBM,... and Pentagon officials say it flew roughly 4,500 kilometers into space... higher than anything previously fired by North Korea.

What has been the immediate reaction from South Korea,... as well as other regional players like the United States and Japan?

Well,... Seoul was the quickest to react.
The South Korean military launched several missiles of its own,... just six minutes after North Korea's test launch.
Seoul's Joint Chiefs of Staff said... it conducted precision-strike drills off the eastern coast... using a Hyunmoo-II ballistic missile... as well as other weapons fired from a South Korean fighter jet and a navy vessel.
U.S. President Donald Trump was also briefed by his security aides... and was rather unfazed in his reaction and offered only short remarks.
Trump told reporters... that the U.S. will take care of the matter and that it was something they could handle... while sharing no other details.
In Japan,... Prime Minister Shinzo Abe called an emergency meeting of his cabinet... immediately following the launch.
Just prior to that meeting,... Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga... urged North Korea to change its policy,... warning of the grim future it faces if it stays on its current path.
That's all for now,... and we'll have more updates later as further details emerge.
Back to you.



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