Claims extracted
20
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
10%
2 of 20 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
68/100
ABC News (AU)'s corrections and
hedging, across everything collected from it. Not a measure of accuracy.
Outlets on this story
12
World
Same framing elsewhere
1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
In short:
Japan and South Korea have criticised North Korea for new missile tests.
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Japan → criticise → tests
The nation fired two short-range ballistic missiles on Sunday.
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nation → fire → Sunday
Japan has lodged a "stern protest" over the tests, according to local media.
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Japan → lodge → media
North Korea has fired two short-range ballistic missiles into the sea off its eastern coast, with one flying more than 600 kilometres, according to South Korea's military.
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one → fire → military
The launches came days after Pyongyang reasserted its status as a nuclear-armed state and rejected a United Nations resolution demanding it halt its nuclear activities.
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it → come → activities
South Korea's military said the first missile was launched about 3pm on Sunday, local time, from the Wonsan area and flew about 450 kilometres into the East Sea, a body of water also called the Sea of Japan.
"Our military detected an additional short-range ballistic missile launched from the Wonsan area of North Korea towards the East Sea at around 5:50pm," South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said.
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Chiefs → say → Staff
The second missile "flew more than 600 kilometres, and South Korean and US authorities are conducting a detailed analysis to determine its exact specifications", it said.
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it → fly → specifications
The JCS said South Korea, the United States and Japan had been "tracking and sharing relevant developments from the initial stage of the launch".
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Korea → say → launch
Japan lodged a "stern protest" with North Korea over the launches, condemning them as a threat to regional peace and security, the Kyodo news agency reported.
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agency → lodge → peace
South Korea's presidential National Security Office convened an emergency security meeting following the first launch and assessed its impact on national security, the presidential office said.
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office → convene → security
The government called on Pyongyang to "immediately cease" its ballistic missile launches, describing Sunday's firings as a "grave act" that violated UN Security Council resolutions.
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that → call → resolutions
Weapons 'hitting the targets'
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Weapons → hit → targets
The launches came eight days after North Korea fired multiple short-range ballistic missiles towards the East Sea as part of what it later described as a joint firepower drill.
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it → come → drill
That exercise involved long-range artillery and missiles, with the weapons "hitting the targets with 100 per cent accuracy", state media reported.
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media → involve → accuracy
North Korea accused "hostile forces" of seeking to end the country's nuclear program during this week's General Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
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Korea → accuse → Agency
A foreign ministry spokesperson said the IAEA resolution had "no effect on the DPRK's position as a nuclear weapons state", using the acronym for North Korea's official name.
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resolution → say → name
The North's status as a nuclear power was "guaranteed by the actual nuclear deterrent and irreversibly and permanently fixed by the supreme law of the state", the spokesperson said.
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spokesperson → guarantee → state
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's sister Kim Yo Jong recently said the country's nuclear-armed status was "absolute" and called those hoping for its denuclearisation "idiots".
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status → say → denuclearisation
US President Donald Trump said in August that North Korea possessed 57 "very powerful" nuclear weapons.
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Korea → say → weapons
South Korea has put the figure at between 80 and 120.
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Korea → put → 80
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