Fear and confusion in Japan's Hokkaido as North Korean missile triggers evacuation order
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By Gawon Bae and Emiko Jozuka, CNN A North Korean missile sparked fear on the Japanese northern island of Hokkaido Thursday after the government’s emergency alert system warned residents to take cover. Millions of people received a J-alert, or evacuation order, shortly before 8 a.m.
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By Gawon Bae and Emiko Jozuka, CNN A North Korean missile sparked fear on the Japanese northern island of Hokkaido Thursday after the government’s emergency alert system warned residents to take cover. Millions of people received a J-alert, or evacuation order, shortly before 8 a.m.
Rocket probably used swift-launching solid rocket fuel, South Korean defense official says; US calls move 'destabilizing'; Japan orders Hokkaido residents to shelter as precaution
North Korea launched a missile Thursday that prompted evacuation warnings from Japanese officials, who believed that Hokkaido would be hit. Officials say it was a false alarm.
North Korea fired an "unspecified ballistic missile" Thursday, Seoul's military said, prompting Japan to issue a warning to residents of the northern Hokkaido region telling them to take shelter
Japanese officials urged people on the island of Hokkaido to seek shelter but retracted the missile alert soon after, saying there was no possibility of a missile landing nearby.
North Korea has fired a projectile, believed to be ballistic missile, into the East Sea. Japan ordered residents of Hokkaido to take shelter, but lifted the warning a short time later.
A South Korean defense official said the military believes the test was of a new type of missile, possibly using solid fuel. It would be the first, if so.
A North Korean missile launch that caused brief panic in Japan may have involved a new type of weapon seen at one of Kim Jong Un’s military parades, a South Korean official says.
The launch prompted Japan to issue an evacuation order on a northern island, and though it was later retracted, it shows the vigilance of North Korea's neighbors over its evolving missile threats.
South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staffs said the North Korean missile launched from near the capital Pyongyang flew toward the waters between the Korean Peninsula and Japan.
