North Korea fired a new, apparently ballistic missile on Wednesdayas reported by the Government of Japan, which at this time did not detail the projectile’s trajectory or point of impact.
Pyongyang launches “what is believed to be a ballistic missile”Its effect was recorded around 16:40 local time (07:40 GMT).As reported by the Japanese Ministry of Defense, which did not provide further details at the time of the new launch.
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The new North Korean test comes hours after Pyongyang launched more than 10 different missiles. The divide that separates the waters of both countries, including one that fell for the first time in South Korean waters, where Seoul responded by launching three air-to-surface precision missiles in a round into the waters north of the Northern Boundary Line (NLL).
North Korea fired 100 shells at a maritime border area on Wednesday.The South Korean military said hours after Pyongyang launched a series of test missiles, including one that landed near South Korean waters.
“North Korea fired about 100 artillery shells from Kosong” in the “buffer zone” north of the border line that forms the maritime border between the two countries, South Korea’s Chiefs of Staff said.
Tensions arise between North Korea and South Korea due to missile launches in the waters of these regions.
Firstly, North Korea launches three short-range ballistic missilesOne fell a little more than 50 kilometers off the east coast of South Korea, the Southern military reported.
Seoul has detected three short-range ballistic missiles launched by North Korea from the Wonsan region of Gangwon province into the East Sea (the name given to the Sea of Japan in the two Koreas) at around 8:51 am (23:51 GMT) today. Wednesday, November 2,” the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) detailed in a statement.
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This North Korean missile crashed 167 kilometers northwest of the island of Ulleung, where the anti-aircraft alert was activated, apparently because the missile initially appeared to be targeted there.
First alert levelThe population of about 9,000 remained on the island for about five hours, which included the broadcasting of voice alerts on municipal loudspeakers and cell phones and televisions.
Noting that details about the initial trajectory of this projectile are “still being analyzed”, JCS reported shortly after Pyongyang launched more than 10 missiles of different types to the east and west today. This could be a record for tests conducted in a single day for the Pyongyang regime.
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South Korean and US foreign ministers Park Jin and Antony Blinken spoke on the phone about the launches, describing the missile tests as a “serious and unprecedented military provocation”, as well as regretting that the missile tests were carried out during national mourning in the South. Halloween tragedy in Seoul.
These North Korean launches are in any case intended to be a response to the massive aerial maneuvers that Seoul and Washington will launch in the region until Friday.
The day before, the Kim Jong-un regime had warned that it would retaliate with “stronger” to evaluate these exercises, the largest of which included the deployment of about 240 aircraft (including state-of-the-art stealth fighters). allies in five years – a threat to its sovereignty.
In the wake of the North Korean launches, South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol called an emergency meeting of the National Security Council (NSC), reassured that this would eventually result in a swift response, and urged to “prepare for further provocations”. “From the north..
This response came shortly after its announcement, as the South Korean military then launched three air-to-surface precision missiles from F-15 and F-16 fighters “into the open ocean waters north of the NLL”. Seoul has sent such shells into the waters of its neighbor’s EEZ.
The tension in the peninsula has reached dangerous levels due to the persistent campaigns to the north in recent weeks.Major allies’ maneuvers involving Washington’s strategic assets, and the possibility of Pyongyang imminently conducting its first nuclear test in five years, as satellites show.
Although the numbers vary according to the classification type, Wednesday is North Korea’s 36th launch so far this year (a record number), according to the American NGO Nuclear Threat Initiative database.
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China stressed its “close interest” in escalating tensions on the Korean peninsula on November 2, calling for “concerns to be resolved” after North Korea launched a missile into your southern neighbor’s waters.
“We hope that all the parties involved will stick to a political solution to the Korean Peninsula issue and mutually work to prevent the situation from escalating,” said Zhao Lijian, spokesperson for the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs at a press conference.
Reflecting in the local press, the spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that both sides “they should try to maintain peace and stability while claiming that the ‘tense situation’ created has not worsened.
EFE and AFP
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