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           South Korean Military: North Korea Fires Ballistic Missile

   by VOA News

   The South Korean military says North Korea's submarine-launched
   ballistic missile does not appear to have been a success.

   South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said Saturday that a projectile was
   fired from a submarine toward the sea.  A South Korean defense
   spokesman said Seoul is keeping close tabs on the North Korean military
   and maintaining a full defense posture.

   North Korean newspaper Rodong Sinmun published a statement hours
   earlier saying South Korean President Park Geun-hye should make her
   "funeral shroud."

   Pyongyang has been working to acquire submarine-launched ballistic
   missile capability.

   Saturday's test-firing comes as North Korea prepares for a rare ruling
   party congress in May.

   The United Nations recently imposed a new set of stronger sanctions on
   North Korea in response to Pyongyang's fourth nuclear test in January,
   and a ballistic missile test the following month.



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