DFA: North Korea ballistic missile test 'provokes tension, undermines stability'

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This picture taken on February 18, 2023 and released from North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on February 19, 2023 shows test-firing of the intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) "Hwasong-15", at Pyongyang International Airport.

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MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines called out the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea for conducting an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) test last weekend, saying the launch undermines regional stability.

 

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ordered the "sudden launching drill" at 8 a.m. on Saturday and that afternoon, a Hwasong-15 missile was launched from Pyongyang airport.

 

"These tests provoke tension and undermine peace and stability in the Korean Peninsula, in the region, and the world," the Department of Foreign Affairs said in a statement sent late Wednesday evening.

 

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