North Korea launched a projectile believed to be a short-range ballistic missile on the 9th.Earlier, Deputy Director Kim Yo Jong, the sister of Kim Jong Un’s general secretary, told the US that it would face serious consequences if it held joint military exercises with South Korea.had warned.
South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff explained to reporters in a text message that the projectile was launched toward the Yellow Sea from the city of Nampo on the west coast at around 6:20 p.m. local time. North Korea has been launching missiles over the past few weeks, some capable of carrying nuclear warheads and capable of reaching the mainland United States.
No further details are known at this time. Missiles are rarely launched into the Yellow Sea, and most have so far been launched into the Sea of Japan.
According to the state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on the 7th, Yo Jong said that North Korea is watching the “non-resting military activities” by the US military and South Korea’s “puppet military regime”, and ” We stand ready to take appropriate, prompt and overwhelming action at any time according to our judgment.”
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Sources: South Korean Defense Ministry, Center of Nonproliferation Studies
The U.S. and South Korean military are preparing to hold a joint exercise dubbed “Freedom Shield” from March 13 to 23 to strengthen their defenses against North Korea’s nuclear and missile threats. The exercise is expected to be the largest joint exercise between the two countries in years.
Original title:North Korea Fires Missile After Warning US on Joint Drills (1)(excerpt)
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