The launch, at joint high schools, is a response to Pyongyang’s Tuesday test of a ballistic missile that passed over Japanese territory for the first time in five years.
The armed forces of South Korea and the United States today fired four surface-to-surface missiles in the direction of the East Sea — or Sea of Japan — a day after North Korea tested a ballistic missile, South Korea’s national Yonhap news agency reported, citing the general staff. .
The launch, at joint high schools, is a response to Pyongyang’s Tuesday test of a ballistic missile that passed over Japanese territory for the first time in five years.
South Korean television network News1, also citing a source close to the staff, reported that one of the missiles crashed shortly after launch.
North Korea’s missile launch over Japan reckless and deliberately provocative, EU says
North Korea’s launch of a ballistic missile that flew over Japan was a “reckless and deliberately provocative act” that violates UN Security Council resolutions, a European Union diplomat said on Tuesday.
North Korea “must stop its missile launches, refrain from a nuclear test and start a meaningful dialogue” with the US, South Korea and other members of the international community, the statement said.
At the same time, he called on the UN Security Council to react to the “increasing threat to regional and international peace and security” that such actions represent.
On Tuesday, North Korea fired a ballistic missile farther than ever, sending it over Japan for the first time in five years, prompting Japanese authorities to sound the alarm, urging residents in some areas to seek shelter.
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