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With Blinken visiting Seoul, North Korea launches ballistic missile

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North Korea reportedly launched an intermediate-range ballistic missile on Monday .

The missile was fired around noon local time and traveled nearly 700 miles before falling into the sea between Japan and the Korean Peninsula .

It was the country’s first ballistic missile launch since Nov. 5 , shortly before the U.S. presidential election began.

South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said the missile was launched at a site near Pyongyang .