PYONGYANG, North Korea — North Korea marked its “Military First” holiday on Thursday with mass dancing, outdoor concerts and boasts of a successful — and potentially game-changing — submarine-launched ballistic missile test it hopes will serve as a warning to Washington and Seoul to stop holding joint military exercises Pyongyang sees as a dress rehearsal for invasion. Television news broadcasts and the front pages of morning newspapers Thursday showed images of the launch, conducted in the early hours the day before.
North Korea Celebrates Missile Test
ERIC TALMADGE, Associated Press, The Columbian
Thu, 08/25/2016 - 5:28pm
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