A test of North Korea's newly developed intermediate-range ballistic missile ended in a failure on Thursday. 

Pyongyang apparently conducted another unsuccessful launch of the Musudan missiles after the first test also ended in an embarrassing failure on April 15. The missile, which was fired early Thursday morning, crashed shortly after the launch, according to the South Korean military.

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"The missile, presumed to be a Musudan, was fired around 6:40 a.m. from the vicinity of Wonsan, but it appears to have crashed a few seconds later," a South Korean military official said, according to Yonhap news agency. "It is highly likely that the launch failed. With that in mind, South Korea and the United States are conducting a detailed assessment."

International sanctions and condemnation has failed to stop North Korea's nuclear and missile development program. The isolated Asian country, led by the elusive Kim Jong-un, last week test fired a ballistic missile from an underwater platform off its eastern coast.

President Xi Jinping said at an Asian foreign ministers' conference in Beijing that China will never allow war or chaos in the Korean peninsula.

"As a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council, China has implemented relevant Security Council resolutions fully and faithfully. As a close neighbor, we will never allow war or chaos on the Korean peninsula, as this serves nobody's interests," the President said. "We hope that various parties will exercise restraint, avoid mutual provocation and escalation of tension and make a joint effort to bring the nuclear issue back to the track of dialogue and negotiations as early as possible and walk towards peace and security in northeast Asia."

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