SEOUL, March 21 — North Korea today fired two projectiles presumed to be short-range ballistic missiles into the sea off its east coast, Seoul’s military said. The projectiles were fired from North Pyongan province into the Sea of Japan, also known as the East Sea, the South’s Joint Chiefs of...
This picture taken on March 20, 2020 and released from North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency shows North Korean leader Kim Jong-un inspecting an artillery fire competition between large combined units of the Korean People’s Army on the western front. — AFP pic
Earlier this month, the nuclear-armed North carried out similar launches on two occasions — Pyongyang said they had conducted “long-range artillery” drills, but Japan said the projectiles appeared to be ballistic missiles.The North has been continuing to refine its weapons capabilities, analysts say, more than a year after a summit between its leader Kim Jong-un and US President Donald Trump broke down in Hanoi.
At the time, the South was the country hardest-hit by the virus outside China, but Seoul appears to have largely brought the outbreak under control — while Pyongyang insists it has not had a single case.
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