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North Korean Missile Test Raises Security Concerns Ahead Of PyeongChang Games

North Korea's test launch of a new long-range ballistic missile on Wednesday raised "the question of safety at next year's PyeongChang Winter Olympics," according to Baek Byung-yeul of the KOREA TIMES. Pyongyang said that it "successfully tested a new type of intercontinental ballistic missile." The Hwasong-15 missile reached an altitude of 4,500 km during its 53-minute flight and flew 1,000 km before falling into the East Sea. This is the North's first missile launch in 75 days. Its new missile test "makes matters worse, throwing a wet blanket on the 2018 Winter Olympics" that will take place from Feb. 9-25. With 70 days until the Winter Games' opening, an official from the PyeongChang Organizing Committee for the 2018 Olympic & Paralympic Winter Games (POCOG) said that the committee is "making its best efforts for the successful hosting of the Games regardless of any distractions it may face" (KOREA TIMES, 11/29).

ABE ATTENDING?: REUTERS' Hyonhee Shin reported Japan PM Shinzo Abe is "considering attending" the PyeongChang Olympics "despite escalating tension after North Korea's latest missile test," the South's presidential office said. Abe "raised the possibility of attending" the Games during a telephone call with South Korea President Moon Jae-in, in which they said that they would "no longer tolerate" North Korea's "increasing security threats" and they would "tighten sanctions and pressure against it" (REUTERS, 11/29).

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