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After missile launch, Japan, China, South Korea agree to urge North Korea to stop provocation

The projectile reached Japan's air defence identification zone.

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Japan, China and South Korea agreed to urge North Korea to refrain from provocation and follow UN Security Council resolutions, after the country's latest missile launch towards Japan early on Wednesday.

"We have confirmed that we will urge North Korea to exercise self-restraint regarding its provocative action, and to observe the U.N. Security Council's resolutions," Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida told a news conference after hosting a trilateral meeting with his Chinese and South Korean counterparts.

A North Korean submarine fired a ballistic missile on Wednesday that flew about 500 km (311 miles) towards Japan, a show of improving technological capability for the isolated country that has conducted a series of launches in defiance of UN sanctions. 

The projectile reached Japan's air defence identification zone (ADIZ), an area of control designated by countries to help maintain air security, South Korea's Yonhap News Agency reported.

The distance of the flight indicated the North's push to develop a submarine-launched missile system was paying off, officials and rocketry experts said.

GROWING ISOLATION

North Korea has become further isolated after a January nuclear test, its fourth, and the launch of a long-range rocket in February which brought tightened UN sanctions.

It has launched numerous missiles of various types this year, including one this month that landed in or near Japanese-controlled waters.

The next step for the North would be to acquire a fleet of submarines large and quiet enough and with a longer range to evade surveillance, experts said.

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