North Korea confirms it test-fired new type of submarine-launched ballistic missile

North Korea has confirmed it test-fired a new type of a submarine-launched ballistic missile, a significant escalation from the short-range tests it has conducted since May.

It is North Korea's 11th missile test this year and landed in the Sea of Japan, also called the East Sea.

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It came hours after North Korea said nuclear talks with the US would resume.

BBC News reports Washington and Tokyo have condemned the test.

North Korean news agency KCNA released pictures of what it said was a submarine-launched ballistic missile being launched "in vertical mode" in the waters off Wonsan Bay.

[Source: BBC]

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