North Korea launched two ballistic missiles off its east coast, South Korean and Japanese officials said, in Pyongyang’s second weapons test in recent days
off its east coast on Wednesday, South Korean and Japanese officials said, in Pyongyang’s second weapons test in recent days.
The missiles splashed into the waters between Korea and Japan. The distance flown and the precise time of launch weren’t immediately released by South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff. The projectiles didn’t enter Japanese territory and weren’t believed to have landed inside the nation’s exclusive economic zone, Tokyo’s military said.
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga condemned the missile test and said it violated United Nations Security Council resolutions.Officials from Washington, Tokyo and Seoul were gathering information about the North Korean launch, South Korean and Japanese officials said. South Korea strengthened its defense posture, the country’s military said.
North Korean state media said it tested new long-range cruise missiles over the weekend. In a Monday report, the missiles were called a “strategic weapon of great significance.” Those types of weapons have generally not caused blowback from the U.N. and the international community.on March 25. Those types of tests violate U.N. resolutions and Pyongyang’s March launch drew recriminations from the U.S., Japan and others.
The North Korean weapons activity coincides with a visit to Seoul by Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, where he is scheduled to meet his counterpart. Asked about the North’s weekend cruise-missile test, Mr. Wang downplayed the launch’s significance and suggested countries should work toward resuming dialogue with North Korea.Last month, the U.N.
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