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There has been strong international condemnation of North Korea's launch of a ballistic missile over Japan for the first time in five years. South Korea described it as a serious provocation. The United States said it was dangerous, reckless and destabilising. Japan said they would not rule out counterattacks.

Chad O'Carroll is the CEO of the Korea Risk Group, a specialist information and analysis firm in Seoul. He told Newsday: 鈥淭his is a very strident political protest from North Korea of the recent U.S, South Korea and Japanese military exercises鈥�this is the most pointed threat towards Kim Jong-un鈥檚 government and military鈥�since 2017鈥�I almost wonder if this was deliberate鈥�they know a robust response has to come鈥�and so it could actually justify its anticipated seventh nuclear test from whatever the U.S and its allies do next.鈥�

(Picture: A woman walks past a public television screen in Tokyo on October 4, 2022, displaying footage of North Korean missile launches. Credit: Richard A. Brooks / AFP via Getty Images.)