Jakarta –
North Korea (North Korea) has fired a ballistic missile on Wednesday (12/7). This comes days after Pyongyang threatened to shoot down a spy drone United States of America that violates its airspace.
“North Korea fired an unidentified ballistic missile towards the East Sea,” South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said, referring to the waters also known as the Sea of Japan. AFPWednesday (12/7/2023).
Relations between the two Koreas are currently at one of its lowest points, with diplomacy stalled and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un declaring his country a sovereign state. nuclear the “irreversible” and called for increased development of weapons, including tactical nukes.
In response, Seoul and Washington have vowed Pyongyang will face a nuclear response and the end of the current government in North Korea if it ever uses its nukes against allies.
On Monday, North Korea accused a US spy plane of violating its airspace and condemned Washington’s plan to deploy a nuclear missile submarine near the Korean peninsula.
A spokesman for North Korea’s Ministry of National Defense said the United States had “intensified its espionage activities beyond wartime levels”. He cited “provocative” flights by US spy planes for eight straight days this month and one surveillance plane that intruded into its airspace “multiple times”.
“There is no guarantee that a shocking accident like the downing of a US Air Force strategic reconnaissance aircraft will not occur in the East Korean Sea,” the spokesman said in remarks carried by North Korea’s state media KCNA.
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2023-07-12 02:21:22
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