North Korea fires missile on New Years Day: Report

North Korea fired a ballistic missile towards the ocean to the east of the Korean Peninsula within the early hours of Sunday.

Seoul,UPDATED: Jan 1, 2023 01:03 IST

North Korea additionally launched three ballistic missiles on Saturday (Photo: Reuters)

By Reuters:
North Korea fired a ballistic missile towards the ocean to the east of the Korean Peninsula within the early hours of Sunday, Yonhap information company reported, citing the South Korean army.

North Korea additionally fired three ballistic missiles towards the ocean east of the Korean Peninsula on Saturday, the South Korean army mentioned. based on South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff.

The launches have been the newest in an unprecedented variety of missile checks performed by North Korea this 12 months, as Pyongyang presses on with weapons improvement amid hypothesis it may check a nuclear weapon for a seventh time.

The three short-range ballistic missiles have been fired from round 8 am native time (2300 GMT) from North Hwanghae Province, south of the capital Pyongyang, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff mentioned.

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“North Korea’s ballistic missile(s) launch is a grave provocation that undermines peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula as well as the international community,” South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff mentioned, condemning it as a transparent violation of the U.N. Security Council decision and urging it to cease instantly.

U.S. Indo-Pacific Command mentioned the newest launches didn’t pose a right away menace to U.S. personnel or territory, or to Washington’s allies, however they highlighted the destabilising impression of North Korea’s weapons programme.

The launches got here a day after South Korea’s defence ministry introduced it had efficiently performed a check flight of a solid-propellant area launch automobile.

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Jan 1, 2023