Service personnel of the Ministry of Public Safety pay tribute as they go to the statues of late North Korean leaders Kim Il-sung and Kim Jong-il at Mansu Hill in Pyongyang on September 9, 2024, on the event of the 76th founding anniversary of North Korea. (AFP)
North Korea fired a number of short-range ballistic missiles in a northeastern route on Wednesday, South Korea’s army stated, additional ratcheting up tensions already heightened by its uncommon disclosure of a uranium enrichment facility final week.
The Joint Chiefs of Employees (JCS) stated it detected the launches at about 6:50 a.m. from the North’s Kaechon space in South Phyongan Province, north of Pyongyang. It didn’t present additional particulars, together with the variety of missiles fired.
“Whereas strengthening our monitoring and vigilance towards extra launches, our army will share North Korean ballistic missile info with the US and Japanese sides and preserve a full readiness posture,” the JCS stated in a textual content message despatched to reporters.
The North disclosed its uranium-based nuclear facility on Friday, a day after its test-firing of a brand new 600 mm a number of rocket launcher. The newest bouts of its saber-rattling have added to cross-border tensions attributable to the North’s launches of trash-filled balloons to the South.
The collection of Pyongyang’s provocative acts got here amid lingering issues that the recalcitrant regime may interact in main provocations to bolster its leverage forward of the Nov. 5 presidential election in america.