China And The U.S. Agree To Curtail North Korea's Nuclear And Missile Program

VICE News: North Korea Fires Yet Another Missile as China and US Say They Will Work Together to Combat Threat

North Korea launched another missile this morning, just hours after Chinese President Xi Jinping publicly reaffirmed his country's commitment to recent United Nations sanctions against its neighbor during a meeting with US President Barack Obama in Washington.

The projectile was fired from a region near the North's east coast, a South Korean military official told Reuters by telephone. Another official at the office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said it was a short-range surface to air missile of as-yet undetermined range.

It is at least the fifth time North Korea has fired missiles since UN sanctions were imposed on March 2 in the wake of the country's latest nuclear test on January 6.

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