Pyongyang continues its provocations. North Korea fired a ballistic missile towards the Sea of Japan on Thursday, two days following launched a similar projectile over Japan, reported the South Korean agency Yonhap. North Korea fired “an unspecified ballistic missile toward the East Sea,” the Korean name for the Sea of Japan, Yonhap wrote, citing the South Korean military.
These launches constitute “the just retaliation measures of the Korean People’s Army once morest joint military maneuvers between South Korea and the United States which are causing an escalation of military tensions on the Korean Peninsula,” the ministry said in a statement.
Security Council meeting
The new shooting comes as the UN Security Council met in New York to discuss Tuesday’s shooting. According to Seoul and Tokyo, the North Korean missile traveled regarding 4,600 km, probably the longest distance ever reached by Pyongyang during his tests.
The South Korea and the United States responded on Wednesday by firing five ballistic missiles – one of which crashed following launch – at fictitious targets in the Sea of Japan. The day before, the air forces of the two countries had conducted precision shooting exercises in the Yellow Sea.
Seoul also announced the return to the region of the American nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan, which carried out exercises with the South Korean navy in September.
North Korea, which in September adopted a new doctrine making its status as a nuclear power “irreversible”, this year stepped up its firing and launched an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) for the first time since 2017.