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South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staffs said the North Korean missile launched from near the capital Pyongyang flew toward the waters between the Korean Peninsula and Japan.
Japan issues, then rescinds, an alert for north island to take shelter
The missile may have been a solid-fuel missile, according to South Korean officials. Solid-fuel weapons are easier to move and can be fired faster.
A South Korean defense official said the military believes the test was of a new type of missile, possibly using solid fuel. It would be the first, if so.
North Korea launched a ballistic missile on a high angle that landed between the Korean Peninsula and Japan early Thursday, continuing its provocative run of weapons tests. The launch prompted Japan to issue an evacuation order that was later retracted for a northern island, showing the vigilance of North Korea's…