This is the sixth launch in the region in the last ten days, which has increased tensions between the countries.
John SAEKI, MariaCecilia REZENDE, Janis LATVLES / AFP
THE North Korea fired two more shortrange ballistic missiles into the sea Japan (called East Sea in the two Koreas) this Thursday (location date), 06, just two days after launching a rocket Reach, which flew over Japan, significantly increasing tensions in the region. “At around 6:01 a.m. and 6:23 a.m. (18:01 and 18:23 GMT), the South Korean army detected two shortrange ballistic missiles fired towards the East Sea from the Samseok region of Pyongyang, North Korea (Wednesday in Brasília) ‘ the head of South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said in a statement. Today’s launch was North Korea’s sixth in the last ten days and came after South Korea and United States of America announced the return of the American aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan to Korean Peninsula waters in response to the intermediaterange ballistic missile (IRBM) fired by Pyongyang on Tuesday. North Korea also condemned the return of the aircraft carrier, which had been conducting exercises in the region with the South Korean and Japanese navies just last week, in a brief statement from the Foreign Ministry.
“The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (official name of North Korea) notes that the US poses a serious threat to the stability of the Korean Peninsula and its vicinity by positioning its aircraft carrier and strike force in the waters off the Korean Peninsula,” the statement reads . The text even acknowledges that last Tuesday’s launch of the IRBM was in response to last week’s maneuvers by Ronald Reagan, and slams “the US and some of its satellites” for now imposing UN Security Council sanctions on the country strive. For its part, the Japanese government believes the missiles launched today traveled about 800 kilometers and landed outside of its exclusive economic zone (EEZ). The IRBM, launched Tuesday, was North Korea’s longestrange missile, traveling about 4,500 kilometers after flying over northern Japan and crashing into the Pacific Ocean.
*With information from EFE