North Korea released this thursday two ballistic missiles short-range to the Sea of Japan (called the East Sea in the two Koreas) after the US Vice President, Kamala Harris, visited this Thursday South Koreaaccording to the Army of the South.
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“The South Korean military detected two short-range ballistic missiles launched at around 8:48 p.m. and 8:57 p.m. today (11:48 a.m. and 11:57 a.m. GMT) from the Suncheon area in South Pyongan Province, North Korea, into the East Sea.” , announced the Joint Chiefs of Staff South Korean in a statement.
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The test takes place a few hours after Harris took off from South Korea, where today he met with the southern president, Yoon Suk-yeoland visited the militarized inter-Korean border at a time of special tension due to the possibility that Pyongyang may carry out a new nuclear test.
For its part, the Government of Japan called an emergency meeting to discuss the details of the launch.and reported that the missiles fell in waters outside its exclusive economic zone and that there is no evidence of damage to vessels or aircraft due to its impact.
The launch comes after Harris today visited the militarized inter-Korean border and met in Seoul with the South Korean president, Yoon Suk-yeolto which he underlined Washington’s commitment to deploy strategic assets to defend the South based on the actions of the North.
In turn, today’s action comes after Pyongyang launched two other short-range ballistic missiles the day before and another last Saturday, all of them in apparent response to the presence of the US aircraft carrier USS “Ronald Reagan” in the peninsula. .
Precisely today it was announced that this Friday the USS “Ronald Reagan” will carry out joint maneuvers with the South Korean and Japanese naval forces in the Sea of Japan.
The last time that the “Ronald Reagan” traveled to the peninsula to carry out joint maneuvers of this type was in September 2017, in full escalation of tension after the last North Korean nuclear test to date.
Seoul, Tokyo and Washington are now seeking to send a message of strength in the conviction that the regime, which has rejected any offer of dialogue in the last three years and is committed to a weapons modernization plan, is ready to carry out a new atomic test.
EFE
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