North Korea on Wednesday test-fired a barrage of missiles, prompting an international furor and the Foreign Ministry to summon North Korea's ambassador in protest. One missile fell harmlessly in Russian waters near the Far East port of Nakhodka, just 250 kilometers from Vladivostok.
North Korea's decision to fire the seven to 10 missiles was a violation of its own seven-year moratorium on tests and threatened to lead to international action against the maverick Communist regime.
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