North Korea: South Korea’s military claimed on Saturday that North Korea fired a ballistic missile from its east coast towards the sea. North Korea’s move comes ahead of US-South Korea joint drills to be held in Washington next week. The Coast Guard of Japan has also confirmed this.
A day earlier on Friday, North Korea’s Foreign Ministry threatened to take unprecedented action against South Korea. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said, ‘North Korea has fired a ballistic missile from its east coast towards the sea.’
North Korea fires ballistic missile towards sea: South Korea
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Minister had announced military exercise
South Korea’s Vice Minister of National Defense Policy Heo Tae-kyun told lawmakers on Friday that the two countries will hold joint field exercises in mid-March, which will be bigger than those held in the past few years.
The military says it was Pyongyang’s first missile test since earlier this year, days before Seoul and Washington began joint tabletop military exercises. Pyongyang fired more than 70 missiles last year. Which includes intercontinental ballistic missiles that have the capability to reach the US.
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