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| Calm urged after N Korea launches | Calm urged after N Korea launches |
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| Russia and China have issued a joint call for calm, hours after North Korea test-fired a series of missiles. | Russia and China have issued a joint call for calm, hours after North Korea test-fired a series of missiles. |
| Seven Scud-type ballistic missiles with a range of about 500km (312 miles) were fired, in an apparent act of defiance on 4 July, US Independence Day. | Seven Scud-type ballistic missiles with a range of about 500km (312 miles) were fired, in an apparent act of defiance on 4 July, US Independence Day. |
| Russia and China urged Pyongyang to return to talks, while a US official called the launches "not helpful". | Russia and China urged Pyongyang to return to talks, while a US official called the launches "not helpful". |
| North Korea is banned from all ballistic missile-related activities under UN sanctions. | North Korea is banned from all ballistic missile-related activities under UN sanctions. |
| The sanctions were strengthened after the communist nation carried out a second underground nuclear test in May. | |
| North Korea has launched a number of missiles in recent days. | |
| The latest launches came from a base on its east coast. The missiles fell into the Sea of Japan, known in South Korea as the East Sea. | |
| Both South Korea and Japan called the launches an "act of provocation". | |
| But Russia and China called on all parties to show restraint and avoid actions which could further destabilise the situation, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement. |