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Yesterday, on Armed Forces Day, North Korea fired two ballistic missiles into the East Sea.
It’s already the 4th time in a week.
This is reporter Shin Jeong-yeon.
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4 hours before Armed Forces Day
North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles from the Sunan area of Pyongyang into the East Sea.
It flew 350 km at an altitude of 30 km and the speed was detected as Mach 6.
The specifications of the missile are being analyzed, but if it is fired from Pyongyang, it will fall within the hitting range as far as Gyeryongdae, South Chungcheong Province, where the Armed Forces Day commemoration ceremony was held.
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“It is a serious provocation that harms the peace and security of the international community as well as on the Korean Peninsula, and is a clear violation of UN Security Council resolutions.”
It is unusual for North Korea to fire a missile on the day of our Armed Forces Day.
It seems that the provocation was conscious of showing off cutting-edge power such as various weapons to counter the North Korean nuclear and missile threats at the ceremony.
It is also a reaction against the fact that the South Korea-U.S. combined exercise followed by the three countries’ joint exercise in the East Sea this week.
Starting with one shot on the 25th of last month, which coincided with the training period, North Korea fired seven ballistic missiles into the East Sea at different locations and times for a week.
It also broke the practice of not provoking during the ROK-US training period, but it seems that they believed in nuclear weapons that even created a legal basis for using them and increased the intensity of their provocations.
The presidential office held a standing committee of the emergency National Security Council, criticizing North Korea, saying, “North Korea is focusing only on provocations, even though the public’s livelihood is critical due to the economic hardship and quarantine crisis.”
This is Jeongyeon Shin from MBC News.
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