According to sources from the South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said it detected a launch from the Pyongyang capital area at 6:53 a.m. April 2 but did not give details.
“We have increased monitoring and information sharing relating North Korea’s ballistic missile launch to the US and Japan” JCS emphasized.
Japan has also confirmed North Korea’s launch. The country’s coast guard urged ships to be vigilant and report any falling objects without getting close to them. Tokyo said North Korea’s ballistic missile fell into waters outside Japan’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ).
In a statement, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida condemned the incident and said that North Korea has repeatedly launched ballistic missiles this year and emphasized that this is a threat to regional security and “completely unacceptable”.
This move took place just days after Russia used its veto to end the work of a United Nations monitoring committee on North Korea’s compliance with sanctions.
And the missile launch The latest ballistics also took place 15 days after North Korean leader Kim Jong-un directed an exercise involving super-large multiple rocket launchers in the western region of the country.
This is North Korea’s third ballistic missile launch in 2024 in which Pyongyang said it is testing a new medium-range hypersonic missile powered by a solid fuel engine.
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