North Korea has carried out a new launch of a ballistic missile this Sunday, as confirmed by the General Staff of the South Korean Army and the Japanese Government.
The model of the missile, which flew for an hour and landed in the Sea of Japan, has not yet been specified, according to South Korea’s official Yonhap news agency.
He japanese government has issued an emergency alert this Sunday through the Twitter account of the office of the Japanese Prime Minister, Fumio Kishida. This new launch, if confirmed, would take place one day after another “surprise” test, according to Pyongyangof an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM).
It should be remembered that, in response to the launch of the ICBM, the United States has carried out military maneuvers in recent hours with at least one B-1B strategic bomber and other military aircraft from both South Korea and Japan.
This same Sunday, Kim Yo Jong, the sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, had accused Washington of exacerbating tension in the area through these exercises.
“How long North Korea and the Pacific last as a firing range depends on the United States,” according to Kim’s statements, also reported by Yonhap.
North Korea threatened last Friday with an “unprecedented” response to upcoming joint US military exercises. and South Korea, which it sees as preparations for war.
The warning came ahead of a technical meeting scheduled next week in Washington, where the two allies will discuss possible responses to the North’s use of nuclear weapons.
The regime of Pyongyang He has long condemned joint US-South Korean military exercises, which he sees as rehearsals for an invasion.
They are “preparations for a war of aggression,” a North Korean Foreign Ministry spokesman said in a statement carried by state media.
Japan condemns new release
He Government of Japan has condemned this “scandalous” act of North Korea in reference to the launch of the first ballistic missile that has fallen into the Japanese sea this Saturday.
“This launch was a scandalous act that increased the provocation against the international community,” said the Prime Minister of Japan, Fumio Kishida, referring to the ICBM-class ballistic missile that fell this Saturday in the Sea of Japan.
The Japanese Ministry of Defense has convened a meeting of senior officials under the supervision of the Deputy Prime Minister to address the “repeated launches of ballistic and other missiles threaten the peace and security of our country, the region and the international community “, the statement added.