South Korea detects sign of possible planned North Korea missile launch


  • World
  • Monday, 30 May 2016

SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea has detected evidence of a possible planned North Korea missile launch, a defence official said on Monday, after Japan put its military on alert for a ballistic missile launch by the isolated state.

The South Korean defence official declined to comment on what type of missile might be launched but South Korea's Yonhap News Agency said officials believe it would be an intermediate-range Musudan missile.

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