2024-01-28 13:58:45
North Korea launched several cruise missiles from its east coast on Sunday, its second launch in less than a week, the South Korean military said.
“As we strengthen our monitoring and surveillance, our military has been coordinating closely with the United States to monitor additional signs of North Korean provocations,” the South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement.
The latest launches occurred under the watchful eye of the supreme leader, Kim Jong-Unfour days after they fired a new strategic cruise missile called “Pulhwasal-3-31”.
Tension increases between North and South Korea
North Korea is intensifying the confrontation with the United States and its allies, although Washington and Seoul say they have seen no signs that Pyongyang intends to undertake “imminent military action.”
The Asian country carried out its first test of a cruise missile with possible nuclear strike capability in September 2021.
While UN Security Council sanctions do not prevent the isolated nation from testing conventional cruise missiles, South Korea’s defense minister, Shin Won-sikcalled the recent launches a “serious threat” to his country and the world.
The Korean peninsula is experiencing a moment of high tension following the termination of the 2018 inter-Korean agreement aimed at reducing military presence and exercises in border areas, after Pyongyang carried out live-fire maneuvers near the western maritime border, earlier this year. month.
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