North Korea attempted to take over South Korean territory this week (KRT/via Portal).
A North Korea According to the South Korean military, the South Korean military launched several cruise missiles in the Yellow Sea this Saturday (2), two days after South Korea and the United States completed extensive joint exercises.
The launch took place around 4 a.m. (local time; 4 p.m. this Friday in Brasília), reported South Korea’s JCS (Joint Military Command), which did not provide any further details.
“We will maintain our surveillance and monitoring as we continue our full preparedness posture in cooperation with the United States,” the JCS said in a statement.
South Korea and the United States concluded on Thursday (31) their joint military exercises called UFS (Ulchi Freedom Shield), which North Korea sees as a rehearsal for an invasion of its territory and which Kim Jong’s regime threatened un threatened could lead to a “thermonuclear war” .
In response, North Korea on Thursday announced a leadersupervised military command post exercise that included a simulated capture of South Korean territory.
A day earlier, Pyongyang fired two shortrange ballistic missiles into the Sea of Japan, hours after the U.S. deployed a B1 strategic bomber to take part in the exercises.
Following the failure of the denuclearization dialogue between Washington and Pyongyang in 2019, the peninsula has once again become the scene of sustained military escalation, with Kim Jongun’s regime repeatedly testing missiles and allies conducting major war exercises and periodically deploying strategic resources at the Pentagon.
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North Korean leader Kim Jongun (center) visits a large ammunition factory at an undisclosed location in North Korea
North Korean leader Kim Jongun (center) drives a multipurpose armored vehicle after visiting a large ammunition factory at an undisclosed location in North Korea
North Korean leader Kim Jongun (center) on a multipurpose armored vehicle after a visit to a major weapons factory at an undisclosed location in North Korea. Multipurpose tanks at a large weapons factory at an undisclosed location in North Korea. North Korean leader Kim Jongun in an armored multipurpose vehicle during a visit to a large ammunition factory at an undisclosed location in North Korea