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'All Options Are On The Table': Unease Reigns After North Korean Missile Test

Some people in Japan woke with unease to a text saying "seek shelter," while in South Korea the response was defiant. And in the U.S., President Trump said Pyongyang's message landed "loud and clear."
Passersby look at the North Korean missile's path over Japan, displayed on a huge screen in Tokyo on Wednesday. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said he and President Trump have agreed to hike pressure on Kim Jong Un's regime after it launched a ballistic missile over the island of Hokkaido. / TOSHIFUMI KITAMURA / Getty Images

In the early hours of Tuesday local time, North Korea fired a ballistic missile over the Japanese island of Hokkaido, sailing over it to land in the Pacific Ocean. While the missile may only have hit the waters off Japan's east coast, President Trump said Pyongyang's message landed "loud and clear."

"This regime has signaled its contempt for its neighbors, for all members of the United Nations, and

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