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North Korea missile launch fails

16/04/2017 GMT

BBC World Service - Newshour, North Korea missile launch fails

US Vice-President Mike Pence is in Seoul after the North failed to launch a missile.

The US Vice-President Mike Pence has arrived in Seoul hours after the North tried and failed to launch a ballistic missile.

The US Vice-President Mike Pence has said his country's commitment to its alliance with South Korea has never been stronger. He arrived in Seoul hours after the North tried and failed to launch a ballistic missile. Turks are voting in a referendum on sweeping constitutional changes proposed by President Erdogan. And the rise in the polls of the far-left French Presidential candidate Jean-Luc Melenchon.

(Photo: North Korean soldiers seen on military armour vehicles during a parade. Credit: EPA)

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