North Korea test launches submarine-launched ballistic missile, 8th this year
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North Korea said on Wednesday that it has "successfully" conducted a test-firing of a new-type of submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) a day earlier. It marked the North Korea's eighth known major missile test this year, Yonhap news agency reported. On Tuesday, South Korea's military had said that the North fired a short-range missile believed to be an SLBM from the vicinity of Sinpo, where its main submarine shipyard is located.