The original content of Democracy Now! Headlines appears under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0 License (United States). For more, including their other shows and media, visit www.democracynow.org. August 4, 2016 North Korea Continues Ballistic Missile Tests --------------------------------------------- Turning to North Korea, the government launched a ballistic missile on Wednesday that crashed into the ocean near Japan. It is the latest in a series of test launches by North Korea and comes as a decision by the U.S. to place an anti-missile system in South Korea has raised tensions in the region. Topics:North Korea .