The People’s Army is testing ballistic missiles at record speed.
(Photo: dpa)
Seoul The ballistic missile launched by North Korea on Thursday landed in the Pacific, the Japanese news agency Kyodo reported, citing the government in Tokyo. Once again, people in northern Japan were asked to stay in their homes to protect themselves from possible falling debris. Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier is currently in Japan and wanted to fly to Seoul on Thursday evening.
North Korea had just fired more than 20 missiles on Wednesday – more than ever in a single day. At least one flew towards the populated South Korean island of Ulleungdo and crashed into the sea near the two countries’ maritime border. The authorities on Ulleungdo triggered an air alert, and the island’s residents then went to shelters. South Korea promptly reacted as a show of strength with its own weapons tests in the border region.
The new North Korean missile tests were seen in South Korea in response to the largest air force exercise by South Korean and US forces in several years. North Korea had accused the two countries of “reckless” military provocations and threatened countermeasures. The multi-day exercises in South Korea will continue until Friday.
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