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North Korea fired second intermediate-range missile, likely failed - South Korea

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea test-fired a second intermediate-range ballistic missile on Thursday which appeared to have been a failure, a South Korean Defence Ministry official said, hours after another missile crashed seconds after launch. The second missile was fired at about 7:26 p.m. (1026 GMT) from the same east coast region where the first was launched earlier on Thursday but likely failed, the official said. (Reporting by Ju-min Park; Editing by Tony Munroe; Editing by Alison Williams)