North Korea says missile launch was response to rivals' drills
Thursday's launch from North Korea's capital area came hours before South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol traveled to Tokyo for a summit with Japanese Prime Minster Fumio Kishida. The meeting underscored Seoul's urgency to tighten security cooperation with a fellow U.S. ally in the face of North Korean nuclear threats.
Launched at a high angle to avoid the territory of North Korea's neighbors, the missile reached an maximum altitude of 6,045 kilometers and traveled 1,000 kilometers before landing in waters off the country's eastern coast, the KCNA said. Kim said it's crucial for North Korea's nuclear missile forces to maintain readiness to counterattack rivals with “overwhelming offensive measures anytime” and make them realize their persistent and expanded military actions will “bring an irreversible, grave threat to them,” KCNA said.
Yoon's plan was widely criticized at home, where many South Koreans harbor deep resentment toward Japan over its brutal colonial rule of the Korea Peninsula from 1910 to 1945. Yoon said dramatic steps were necessary to improve ties with Tokyo as he pushes to strengthen South Korea's defense in conjunction with its alliance with the United States.
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