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North Korea launches unidentified projectile over the sea
South Korea said the missiles included at least one short-range ballistic missile and flew about 80 kilometers as officials analyzed the launch.
- On Tuesday, North Korea launched multiple close-range ballistic missiles toward the West Sea from Jongju city, South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff reported, marking the latest weapons demonstration this year.
- Since his nuclear diplomacy with President Donald Trump collapsed in 2019, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has prioritized expanding his nuclear and missile arsenals while declaring South Korea a permanent hostile enemy.
- The April 19 launch demonstrated cluster bomb warheads; in March, Kim Jong-un said his country's nuclear-armed status was irreversible and expanding a "self-defensive nuclear deterrent" was essential to national security.
- South Korean President Lee Jae Myung called for stronger military advancement including artificial intelligence and drone capabilities, emphasizing South Korea's resolve to protect its own security while the military bolstered surveillance with the U.S. and Japan.
- Seventy years after the Korean War's armistice ended fighting but not the formal war, reunification sentiment waned in the 1990s when South Koreans learned of Germany's enormous rehabilitation costs; North Korea's nuclear deterrent now maintains regime survival on the peninsula.
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North Korea noted on Wednesday that its most recent launches involved various weapons systems, including a nuclear-capable cruise missile that President Kim Jong Un plans to deploy with front-line units near the border with South Korea, while continuing with the expansion of its military capabilities.The North Korean state press report came out one day after the South Korean army announced that it had detected the launch of several missiles by N…
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North Korea Tests New Multi-Purpose Missile Launch System: Report
South Korea said on Tuesday the North fired several projectiles, including a ballistic missile, off its west coast, the latest in a flurry of tests this year. Seoul said the missiles flew about 80 kilometres (50 miles).
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