{"id":498,"date":"2025-08-19T13:07:44","date_gmt":"2025-08-19T13:07:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.landingliker.info\/?p=498"},"modified":"2025-08-19T13:07:44","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T13:07:44","slug":"north-korea-fires-two-ballistic-missiles-off-its-east-coast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.landingliker.info\/?p=498","title":{"rendered":"North Korea fires two ballistic missiles off its East Coast"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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FILE – In this photo distributed by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, center, walks near what it says is a Hwasong-17 intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) on the launcher at an undisclosed location in North Korea on March 24, 2022. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. Korean language watermark on image as provided by source reads: “KCNA” which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. (Korean Central News Agency\/Korea News Service via AP, File)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

SEOUL\u2014North Korea launched two ballistic missiles off its east coast on Wednesday, South Korean and Japanese officials said, in Pyongyang\u2019s second weapons test in recent days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The missiles splashed into the waters between Korea and Japan. The distance flown and the precise time of launch weren\u2019t immediately released by South Korea\u2019s Joint Chiefs of Staff. The projectiles didn\u2019t enter Japanese territory and weren\u2019t believed to have landed inside the nation\u2019s exclusive economic zone, Tokyo\u2019s military said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga condemned the missile test and said it violated United Nations Security Council resolutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cThis is an outrage that threatens our nation and regional peace and security,\u201d Mr. Suga said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u2019s military said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Missiles are displayed during a military parade to mark the 75th founding anniversary of North Korea’s army, at Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang, North Korea February 8, 2023, in this photo released by North Korea’s Korean Central News Agency (KCNA). KCNA via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS – THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. REUTERS IS UNABLE TO INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THIS IMAGE. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. SOUTH KOREA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN SOUTH KOREA.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

North Korean state media said it tested new long-range cruise missiles over the weekend. In a Monday report, the missiles were called a \u201cstrategic weapon of great significance.\u201d Those types of weapons have generally not caused blowback from the U.N. and the international community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Kim regime last conducted a ballistic missile launch on March 25. Those types of tests violate U.N. resolutions and Pyongyang\u2019s March launch drew recriminations from the U.S., Japan and others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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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\u2019s weekend cruise-missile test, Wang downplayed the launch\u2019s significance and suggested countries should work toward resuming dialogue with North Korea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOther countries conduct military activities as well, not just North Korea,\u201d Mr. Wang said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last month, the U.N.\u2019s atomic agency said Pyongyang appeared to have resumed operating its plutonium-producing reactor at its Yongbyon facility, calling it \u201cdeeply troubling.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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North Korea has been contending with a series of domestic problems, from a battered economy, the Covid-19 pandemic and potential food shortages. Last week, the North held a low-key military parade that didn\u2019t show off any major weaponry. The event appeared to be more focused on boosting the morale of North Koreans rather than sending a message to the outside world, security analysts said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But in recent months, the Kim regime has rebuked outreach from the US and South Korea to return to denuclearization talks. Pyongyang took offense to joint US-South Korea military drills held last month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A senior North Korean official, in an Aug. 11 statement, said the US and South Korea had made a dangerous choice by not canceling the exercises and would face a \u201cserious security crisis.\u201d In June, Kim Jong Un, in his first remarks about US policy since President Biden took office, said the North should be ready for both dialogue and confrontation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With China\u2019s top diplomat in town, officials in Seoul should push Beijing to provide greater transparency about China\u2019s role in the North Korean nuclear issue, said Leif-Eric Easley, a professor at Ewha University in Seoul.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cChina\u2019s economic aid, diplomatic backing and tolerance of sanctions evasion make it the top enabler of the Kim regime,\u201d Prof. Easley said. \u201cYet Wang Yi acts as if North Korea\u2019s missile tests and resumption of nuclear activity at Yongbyon are someone else\u2019s problem.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Tuesday, US nuclear envoy Sung Kim held talks in Tokyo with his South Korean and Japanese counterparts, discussing humanitarian aid to North Korea. Washington is prepared to discuss aid regardless of progress on denuclearization, said Mr. Kim, who reiterated that the US has no hostile intent toward North Korea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The US has repeatedly offered to meet North Korea without any preconditions, eager to resume a dialogue that has been stalled for roughly two years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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