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Weekend: North Korea tests ballistic missile

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North Korea tests ballistic missile

19/03/2023 GMT

BBC World Service - Weekend, North Korea tests ballistic missile

South Korea and Japan have accused North Korea of launching a ballistic missile.

South Korea and Japan have accused North Korea of launching a short-range ballistic missile.

North Korea is accused of firing a short-range ballistic missile into the sea off the coast of the Korean peninsula. 

The Japanese Ministry of Defence and the South Korean Military said the missile was launched shortly after 11am local time. The test coincides with the largest joint military exercises between the US and South Korea in years. 

Also on the programme: Vladimir Putin visits the city of Mariupol, according to Russian state media. If confirmed, it would be the president’s first visit to a newly occupied Ukrainian territory. Takeover talks between Credit Suisse and UBS, which could see the troubled bank taken over by its rival. 

Joining Audrey Brown to discuss all this and more are journalist Joana Ramiro and Henry Chu, Deputy News Editor of the LA Times. 

(Image: People watch the news of a North Korean missile launch at a station in Seoul, South KoreaCredit:  JEON HEON-KYUN/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)

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