North
Korea defies Trump with new missile launches in Sea of Japan
4
May, 2019
North
Korea on Saturday fired a barrage of short-range missiles in the
direction of the Sea of Japan, the Yonhap news agency reported citing
South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS).
Pyongyang
“fired multiple rounds of unidentified missiles from its east coast
town of Wonsan in the northeastern direction between 9:06 a.m. and
9:27 a.m. today,” the JCS said in a release.
The
missiles flew for a range of about 70 km to 100 km.
The
Japanese government said these were not ballistic missiles and they
did not reach the country’s exclusive economic zone.
In
April 2018, Pyongyang announced it was halting tests of nuclear
weapons and ballistic missiles of various range with the goal of
developing the socialist economy and improving living conditions of
its citizens. After that last May North Korea eliminated the
Punggye-ri nuclear test site, where six underground explosions had
been conducted.
Between
2016 and 2017, North Korea carried out nearly 40 ballistic missile
launches.
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