North Korea has again fired ballistic missiles towards the open sea, according to neighboring countries South Korea and Japan. Three short-range missiles from North Korea were located Saturday morning (local time), the general staff in Seoul said. UN resolutions prohibit North Korea from testing ballistic missiles of any range, which – depending on the design – can also be equipped with a nuclear warhead.
According to the information, the missiles started in an area south of the North Korean capital Pyongyang and then flew towards the Sea of Japan (Korean: Baltic Sea). The missiles flew about 350 kilometers and then fell into the water. The South Korean army accused the isolated neighbor of renewed provocation. According to reports from Japan’s Kyodo news agency, the Japanese government protested Pyongyang’s behavior through its embassy in Beijing. China is credited with influencing North Korea’s leadership.
A day before the recent North Korean missile launches, South Korea’s Defense Ministry said it had tested another solid-propulsion launcher for military purposes. South Korea had already conducted such a test at the end of March. The space rocket is intended to launch smaller military satellites into low Earth orbit.
The conflict on the Korean Peninsula has become significantly more explosive in recent months. North Korea not only increased its ballistic missile launches, but also intensified its rhetoric against the governments in Seoul and Washington. South Korea and the US are resuming large-scale joint military exercises this year because of the threat posed by North Korea’s nuclear weapons program. (sda/dpa)
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