World News | North Korea Launches Projectile in an Apparent Weapon Test

Seoul, May 4 (AP) South Korea says North Korea has fired an unidentified projectile.

South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff says the launch was made on Wednesday but gave no further details.

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The launch came days after North Korean leader Kim Jong Un vowed to accelerate the development of nuclear weapons and threatened to use them if provoked in a speech at a massive military parade in Pyongyang.

The launch also appears to be the latest in a string of weapons tests by North Korea, which experts say are aimed at boosting its weapons arsenal and pressuring its rivals to ease international sanctions. (AP)

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