The launch comes days after Seoul and Washington ended their largest joint military drills in five years. Read more at straitstimes.com.
- North Korea fired at least one unidentified ballistic missile on Monday, South Korea’s military said, the latest in its flurry of weapons tests in recent weeks.
“North Korea fires an unidentified ballistic missile towards the East Sea,” Seoul’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said, referring to the body of water also known as the Sea of Japan.largest joint military drills in five yearsPyongyang views all such exercises as rehearsals for invasion and last Friday claimed the recent drills, dubbed Freedom Shield, were practice for “occupying” North Korea.
North Korea last year declared itself an “irreversible” nuclear power and leader Kim Jong Un recently called for an “exponential” increase in weapons production, including tactical nuclear weapons. AFP
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