North Korea on Wednesday fired about a dozen missiles in the direction of South Korea, and at least one landed near the rivals’ tense sea border.
South Korea responded by firing its own test-missiles.
These launches were made hours after North Korea threatened to launch nuclear weapons against the United States and South Korea in order to force them to “pay the most terrible price in history”. It has also intensified its rhetorical attacks on the ongoing South Korean-U.S. Military drillsIt views it as an invasion rehearsal.
According to South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff, at least one of North Korea’s missiles was reported by the Joint Chiefs of Staff. It was less than 40 miles away from Sokcho (on the east coast of South Korea) and 104 miles away from Ulleung where air raid warnings were issued.
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On Wednesday, North Korea fired a ballistic missile at the South. It crossed the border between the two countries’ sea borders for the first time since Korea split.
According to an Ulleung county official, “We heard the siren sound at 8:55am and all of us went down to the basement evacuation place.” Reuters was told. After hearing the projectile fall into the high oceans, we stayed there until our return to the upstairs at 9:15.
According to the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the South, President Yoon Sukyel ordered a swift response to North’s latest attack.
North Korea demanded that the U.S., South Korea and Japan end large-scale military drills around the peninsula.
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According to South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff, at least one missile was reported to have landed within 40 miles of Sokcho, a South Korean city on the east coast. Ulleung is 104 miles away. Air raid warnings were issued for Ulleung.
According to the South’s Joint Chiefs of Staff, this was the first time that a North Korean missile had touched down in South Korean waters.
“Our military cannot accept this kind of North Korean provocative act and will strictly respond under close South Korea/U.S. cooperation,” South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff stated via a news release.
According to the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the South, President Yoon Suk-yeol ordered a swift response to North’s latest attack.
(AP)
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One of the largest joint ventures between the U.S.A. and South Korea was initiated. Military air drills on Monday, called Vigilant Storm, with hundreds of warplanes from both countries staging mock attacks 24 hours per day.
North Korea has already tested-fired a record amount of missiles this calendar year. According to North Korean officials, the latest barrage of launches was a response to military drills.
This report was contributed by Reuters and the Associated Press.
