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　北朝鮮は、先日またも日本海にミサイルを打ち上げました。
North Korea launches missile into Sea of Japan

North Korea has launched a KN-15 missile from its eastern coast into the Sea of Japan, U.S. officials said Tuesday.

The test comes just days before Chinese President Xi Jinping will meet with President Donald Trump in Florida, during which North Korea is expected to be a major point of discussion.

"U.S. Pacific Command detected and tracked what we assess was a North Korean missile launch at 11:42 a.m. Hawaii time April 4," said Commander David Benham, a spokesman for U.S. Pacific Command, in a statement. "The launch of a single ballistic missile occurred at a land-based facility near Sinpo ... The missile was tracked until it landed in the Sea of Japan at 11:51 a.m. Initial assessments indicate the type of missile was a KN-15 medium range ballistic missile."

Benham continued, "U.S. Pacific Command is fully committed to working closely with our Republic of Korea and Japanese allies to maintain security. The North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) determined the missile launch from North Korea did not pose a threat to North America."

And in a seemingly terse statement, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said, "North Korea launched yet another intermediate range ballistic missile. The United States has spoken enough about North Korea. We have no further comment."

http://abcnews.go.com/International/north-korea-launches-missile-sea-japan/story?id=46580539

　取り上げる単語は"terse"です。LDOCE"a terse reply, message etc uses very few words and often shows that you are annoyed"と定義されており、『ジーニアス英和辞典』第４版（大修館）では、「（文体、話し手が）簡潔な、ぶっきらぼうな」と載っていました。"a terse reply"で「そっけない返事」となります。

　この単語は、今回の記事の内容に直接関係する言葉ではありませんが、ニュースや新聞などの場で便利な語なので、しっかりと覚えておきたいです。(Akim)