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Russia actually provided new technology for reentering the atmosphere,
said Ahn Chan-il, a defector-turned-researcher who runs the World Institute for North Korea Studies I think that the reaction to this is nothing; it has been zero,
We estimate that its flying altitude was the highest we have seen,
Japanese defence minister Gen Nakatani told reporters The test-fire is an appropriate military action that fully meets the purpose of informing the rivals, who have intentionally escalated the regional situation and posed a threat to the security of our Republic recently, of our counteraction will,
Kim was quoted as saying by KCNA, according to the Reuters news agency Longer flight time means longer flight range,
said Yang Uk, a research fellow at the Seoul-based Asan Institute for Policy Studies The initial judgment so far is that Pyongyang may have test-fired a new solid-propellant long-range ballistic missile,
Seoul's military said, ... adding the I affirm that the DPRK will never change its line of bolstering up its nuclear forces,
Kim said, ... according to a North Korean Defense Ministry statement carried by state media There's no reason for North Korea to develop another new ICBM when it already has several systems with ranges of up to 10,000 to 15,000 kilometres (6,200 to 9,300 miles) that could reach any location on Earth,
North Korea could have probably thought that its rivals could look down it after it gave away so much in military resources to Russia,
Yang Uk, an expert at South Korea's Asan Institute Institute for Policy Studies We strongly urge (North Korea) to immediately cease its series of provocative and destabilizing actions that threaten peace and security on the Korean Peninsula and beyond,
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