North Korea fires the missile the day after South Korea's defense ministry announced it had successfully conducted a test flight of a solid-propellant space launch vehicle.
fired three ballistic missiles toward the sea east of the Korean Peninsula on Saturday, December 31, the South Korean military said.
The three, short-range ballistic missiles were fired starting around 8 am local time from North Hwanghae Province, just south of the capital Pyongyang, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said. North Korea fired the missile the day after South Korea’s defense ministry announced it had successfully conducted a test flight of a solid-propellant space launch vehicle.
Relations between North Korea and U.S. ally South Korea have grown even more tense since South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol’s conservative government took over in May, promising a tougher stance toward the North.
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