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Tensions run high as North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles into the sea on Thursday in the direction of Japan. The missile launch was the sixth in 12 days and is the first one since North Korea fired an intermediate-range missile (IRBM) over Japan on Tuesday. The move that had prompted joint South Korean and U.S. missile drills during which one weapon crashed and burned creating panic in the South Korean town. The fresh missile launch came just about an hour after North Korea condemned the United States for consulting the United Nations Security Council about Pyongyang’s missile tests...