North Korea launches 3 ballistic missiles, South Korea’s National Defense General Staff says

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Japanese Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada, speaking to the press, clarified that no ballistic missile launched by North Korea flew over the territory of Japan, despite the warnings of the emergency notification system to residents of certain sectors of the archipelago.

North Korea today launched three ballistic missiles in the direction of the East Sea, or Sea of ​​Japan, more specifically a long-range missile from the area of ​​the capital Pyongyang and two short-range missiles from the area of ​​Kaeshon, north of the capital, the National General Staff announced. defense of South Korea.

Japanese Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada, speaking to the press, clarified that no ballistic missile launched by North Korea flew over the territory of Japan, despite the warnings of the emergency notification system to residents of certain sectors of the archipelago.

“The missile (…) could fly over the Japanese archipelago and an (urgent) notification was sent (to residents), but after verifying our information, we confirmed that the missile did not penetrate (the airspace) of the archipelago, it fell in the Sea of ​​Japan,” known on the Korean Peninsula as the East Sea, Mr. Hamada said.

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