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Kim sends missile 'warning' to South Korea, US as tensions rise

Picture released from North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) shows the launch of new-type tactical guided missile. [AFP]

North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un says the country's latest missile launches were a warning to Washington and Seoul over their joint war games, state news agency KCNA reported on Wednesday, as tensions rise on the Korean peninsula.

The latest launch by the nuclear-armed North came after the South Korean and US militaries began mainly computer-simulated joint exercises on Monday to test Seoul's ability to take operational control in wartime.

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