SEOUL — North Korea fired a ballistic missile into the ocean off its east coast late on Monday, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff stated.
Japan’s protection ministry additionally reported the launch of what it stated could possibly be a ballistic missile by North Korea.
The reviews come amid heightened tensions on the Korean peninsula as South Korea and the United States take steps to spice up army readiness towards North Korea’s weapons program with the deployment of US strategic army property.
North Korea has reacted angrily, saying such deployment might meet the standards for its use of nuclear weapons.
North Korea carried out ballistic missile assessments final week, hours after a US nuclear-armed ballistic missile submarine arrived at a South Korean port for the primary time because the Nineteen Eighties.
On Monday, one other nuclear-powered US submarine arrived in South Korea.
Over the weekend, the North fired a barrage of cruise missiles into the ocean off its west coast. — Reuters
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