North Korea launches a new ballistic missile into the Sea of ​​Japan

Oct. 28 (EUROPA PRESS) –

North Korea on Friday launched a new ballistic missile in the direction of the Sea of ​​Japan, also known as the East Sea, in response to military maneuvers by South Korea in the city of Pohang.

The South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff has reported the launch of short-range projectiles, which have been fired shortly after the end of the annual Hoguk national defense training, a large-scale maneuver exercise launched by the South Korean Army last year. October 17, Yonhap reported.

Before the launch of this missile, the North Korean propaganda outlet ‘Echo’ denounced the defense training as “an act of reckless confrontation that increases military instability and danger on the Korean peninsula.”

This new launch by Pyongyang further escalates tensions in the region, after North Korea has launched several ballistic missiles in recent weeks in tests prohibited by UN Security Council resolutions, in response to military maneuvers. US-Koreans that it considers an invasion rehearsal.

In fact, in the early hours of October 4, Pyongyang launched an intermediate-range ballistic missile that flew over Japanese territory to fall into the Pacific Ocean, outside Japanese airspace, a fact that had not happened since 2017.

The United States, as well as the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), have shared their evidence that North Korea is “likely” to carry out a nuclear missile test, the first since 2017, after seeing an escalation of tension in recent weeks.