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People sit near a television screen showing a news broadcast with file footage of a North Korean missile test, at a railway station in Seoul on Dec. 18, 2023. Anthony Wallace/AFP via Getty Images(NEW YORK) North Korea launched a long-range ballistic missile, testing a warhead that may be capable of striking anywhere in the continental United States, Japanese officials said. Based on the flight trajectory, the launch appeared to have been an intercontinental ballistic mission with an estimated range of about 9,300 miles, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said. "Following [the missile launch] last night, North Korea launched another ballistic missile today,” Kishida said. “I have given instructions to the government to provide information to the public and conduct safety checks thoroughly. So far, no damage has been reported." Monday s launch had been detected at about 8:24 a.m., South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said. It traveled about 1,000 km, or about 621 miles, b

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