North Korea launches at least one ballistic missile

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The Japanese Coast Guard announced for its part that the missile had already gone down and that the location where it washed ashore is outside Japan’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ).

North Korea launched at least one ballistic missile of an “unknown type” today, the national defense general staff in Seoul said, as South Korea’s military is currently conducting joint air drills with the US.

“North Korea launched a ballistic missile of an unknown type in the direction of the East Sea,” also known as the Sea of ​​Japan, the general staff said in a statement.

The Japanese Coast Guard announced for its part that the missile had already gone down and that the location where it washed ashore is outside Japan’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ).

On Tuesday, Pyongyang demanded that the US and South Korean militaries halt the large-scale military training camps they have proliferated of late, calling them a provocation that could lead to “stronger” retaliation from its side.

YTN television reported that air defense sirens sounded on South Korea’s Ueleng Island around the time of the launch. A spokesman for the South Korean military confirmed the information.

The day before Monday, the armed forces of Washington and Seoul began one of the largest joint air exercises in recent years, with the participation of hundreds of fighters and bombers of the two states.

North Korea has carried out a record number of weapons tests this year and, according to US and South Korean officials and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), is reportedly preparing to conduct another nuclear weapon test, its seventh in a row and its first since 2017, defying international sanctions for its weapons programs, while at the diplomatic level the impasse remains insurmountable.

Pyongyang characterizes the latest weapons tests as retaliation for the joint high schools of the armed forces of Washington and Seoul, in which a US aircraft carrier recently participated.

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