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Summary of inter-Korean news this week

SEOUL, Jan. 9 (Yonhap) -- The following is a summary of inter-Korean news this week.

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(LEAD) N. Korea fires multiple ballistic missiles toward East Sea: JCS

SEOUL -- North Korea fired multiple ballistic missiles toward the East Sea on Sunday, South Korea's military said, in what marked the North's first display of weapons testing this year.

The launch of missiles came as President Lee Jae Myung was set to depart for Beijing for summit talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping. It also came after U.S. President Donald Trump announced that Washington has captured Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro in a large-scale military strike.

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Cheong Wa Dae urges N. Korea to cease provocations following missile launch

SEOUL -- The Office of National Security at the presidential office of Cheong Wa Dae held an emergency meeting Sunday after North Korea fired multiple ballistic missiles into the East Sea and urged Pyongyang to cease provocations.

The meeting was convened by Deputy National Security Adviser Lim Jong-deuk and attended by officials from the defense ministry and the Joint Chiefs of Staff to analyze and assess the North's latest missile launch and review South Korea's military readiness, according to Cheong Wa Dae.

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N.K. leader's daughter appearing at center stage likely aimed at socialist family imagery: official

SEOUL -- The appearances of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's daughter, Ju-ae, at the center of recent public events appear aimed at projecting socialist imagery that portrays society as one great family, a Seoul official said Tuesday.

An official at the unification ministry in Seoul made the assessment after Kim's teenage daughter captured headlines by appearing at back-to-back public events alongside her father.

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