2023-06-15 18:55:00
Foreign news agencies reported that North Korea fires two short-range missiles into the sea off its east coast On Thursday, June 15, 2023, according to the release of the South Korean army. Less than an hour following the Pyongyang government warned that They will have an inevitable response to joint military exercises between South Korea and the United States. which was held earlier on the same day
The latest incident came as US President Joe Biden’s National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan visited Tokyo. Japan to attend a meeting with Japanese and South Korean security advisers At the meeting, the three people discussed North Korea’s missile program. and agreed to work closely with Pyongyang to abandon its nuclear weapons.
Ms. Kimi Onoda, Deputy Minister of Defense of Japan confirmed that This was the 13th time North Korea’s rockets had landed within the country’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ), with two long-range missiles landing just off Hekura Island. of Ishikawa prefecture Go northwest for regarding 250 km.
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida condemned North Korea’s latest missile launch. that it violates a resolution of the United Nations Security Council and increase the level of provocation to the entire international community. Before Japanese local media later reported that The government prepares to hold a meeting of the National Security Council.
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