INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
waters, but south of the Northern Limit Line (NLL), a disputed inter-Korean maritime border.South Korean warplanes fired three air-to-ground
raid sirensThat missile was one of three short-range ballistic missiles fired from the North Korean coastal area of Wonsan into the sea,
least one of the missiles landed 26 km south of the NLL, 57 km from the South Korean city of Sokcho, on the east coast, and 167 km from the
than 100 rounds of artillery from its east coast into a military buffer zone established in a military agreement with the South, South
technically still at war because their 1950-53 conflict ended in a truce, not a peace treaty.Nuclear-armed North Korea has tested a record
number of missiles this year, and officials in Seoul and Washington say the North has completed technical preparations to conduct a nuclear
weapon test for the first time since 2017.The launches came just hours after Pyongyang demanded that the United States and South Korea stop
national week of mourning after more than 150 people were killed in a weekend crowd surge in Seoul, the United States and South Korea began
one of their largest combined military air drills on Monday
Dubbed Vigilant Storm, the exercises involve hundreds of warplanes from both sides staging mock attacks 24 hours a day.
Major military
drillsNorth Korea, which for years has pursued missile and nuclear programmes in defiance of U.N
sanctions, had said that a recent flurry of launches were in response to allied drills.Pak Jong Chon, secretary of the Central Committee of
Tuesday in Washington, U.S
North Korea that it harboured no hostile intent.Price added that the United States and its allies had also made clear that there would be
the launches, some air routes over the sea between North Korea and Japan would be closed until Thursday.Japanese Defence Minister Yasukazu
Hamada said the government believed at least two ballistic missiles had been launched from North Korea, one flying east and another
southeast.The first flew 150 km to a maximum altitude of approximately 150 km, while the second covered a range of 200 km to a maximum
wider region, as well as the broader international community, Hamada said.Source: Reuters
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