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Seoul - North Korea has deployed medium-range ballistic missiles that could reach the US Pacific territory of Guam, a South Korean military report said Monday.

The newly developed missiles could carry a 650-kilogram warhead 3,000 kilometres, the Defence Ministry said in its so-called White Paper security assessment of North Korea.

With that range, the missiles could reach Japan, the northern tip of Australia and large parts of China, India and Russia.

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Seoul - When Hillary Rodham Clinton arrived in Seoul last week, she came as a powerful diplomat with a stern message against North Korea's nuclear and weapons programmes. When she departed a day later, she also left as an inspirational role model for South Korean women seeking to break through the glass ceiling in the Confucian society.

Seould  - South Korean housewife Kim Seok Ok is claiming a world record after singing for 76 hours and 7 minutes, beating a previous record of 75 hours by American Marcus Lapratt.

Kim, 54, sang 1,283 songs in her marathon session at a Seoul karaoke bar, pausing for less than 30 seconds between songs and for only five minutes each hour to comply with Guinness Book of Records rules, local media reports said Sunday.

She kept going with sips of honey and water and brief snacks of fruit in what was her second world record attempt after a nearly 60- hour effort two years ago.

Pyeongchang, South Korea - Olga Zaitseva of Russia clinched her second gold medal in as many days when she won the women's 12.5-kilometre mass start race on the final day of the biathlon world championships in Pyeongchang Sunday.

Zaitseva, who won with the Russian 4 x 6-kilometre relay team on Saturday missed the target twice on the way to a winning time of 34 minutes 18.3 seconds.

It was the first individual gold medal for 30-year-old Zaitseva at a major championship but her fourth medal in Pyeongchang after the relay gold and bronze medals in the pursuit and sprint races.