Jan 05, 202406:29
Tensions between the two Koreas increase, artillery fire in the Yellow Sea. South Korean defense: “Stop the provocations, otherwise we will react”
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There South Korea ordered civilians to evacuate the islands Yeonpyeong and from Baengnyeongalong the border to the north, in the Yellow Sea, thereafter Pyongyang fired about 200 artillery shells off its west coast. The Seoul Ministry of Defense confirmed this and spoke of a “provocative act” by the government North Korea. The North Korean leader's words also fueled the climate of tension between the two Koreas Kim Jong Unwho called for an increase in the production of rocket launchers during a visit to an arms factory.
The previous case occurred in 2010 in which four people died Local authorities in Yeonpyeong said it was a “preventive measure.” The South Korean island is located in the Yellow Sea, about 80 km west of Incheon and 12 km south of the coast of North Korea's Hwanghae Province. In 2010, Pyongyang fired 170 artillery shells at Yeonpyeong, killing four people, including two civilians, in the first North Korean attack on civilians since the Korean War (1950-1953).
Seoul: “We will take appropriate measures in response” South Korea's defense ministry called North Korea's artillery attacks a “provocative act” and called on Pyongyang to stop. Seoul will take “appropriate measures” in response. “This is a provocative act that threatens peace on the Korean Peninsula,” the South Korean ministry said in a statement, calling on the North to “immediately stop these actions” and warning that it would take “appropriate measures in response.”
Pyongyang and the arms deliveries to Moscow A few hours before the shooting, the North Korean leader had received a request to increase production of rocket launchers. An announcement, state agency Kcna reports, was made in preparation for a “military clash” with South Korea and the United States. The White House said Thursday that Pyongyang had supplied Moscow with ballistic missiles and delivery systems that have been used in major attacks against Ukraine in recent days. “According to our information, North Korea has recently supplied launch systems and several ballistic missiles to Russia,” said John Kirby, spokesman for the US National Security Council. According to the US official, Russian forces fired Pyongyang-supplied missiles towards Ukraine on December 30 and January 2.
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The alliance between Russia and North Korea and the shadow of a new war Both Russia and North Korea, historic allies, are subject to international sanctions: the former for its invasion of Ukraine and the latter for its banned missile and nuclear weapons programs. At the end of a five-day meeting of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea in late December, Kim had already ordered the acceleration of military preparations for a “war” that could begin “at any time” on the peninsula.
North Korea conducted a record number of ballistic missile tests in 2023, violating numerous UN resolutions that prohibit them. It has also enshrined its status as a nuclear power in its constitution and successfully tested the Hwasong-18, the most powerful intercontinental ballistic missile in its arsenal capable of reaching the United States.
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