Seoul [South Korea],April 13: North Korea fired an unidentified ballistic missile into the waters east of the Korean peninsula, South Korea's military said on April 13 , after repeatedly refusing to answer cross-border calls that were actually made by North Korea. present daily with Korea.
South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said it had detected the launch and was analyzing it, while NTV reported that the North launched "multiple flying objects".
Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio's office wrote on Twitter that "North Korea just launched appears to be a ballistic missile ".
According to Reuters, the Japanese government said the missile could land in Hokkaido or nearby waters at around 8 am (local time), and warned people in this prefecture and surrounding areas to immediately take shelter. .
At the same time, the Japanese government warned aircraft to avoid the area. However, the Japanese government later removed the warnings.
Earlier on April 11, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un called for strengthening the country's war deterrence in a more realistic and drastic way, in order to more strictly control the deteriorating security situation in the country. Korean peninsula.
The remarks were made as he presided over an expanded meeting of the Central Military Commission on April 10, according to the Korean Central News Agency. South Korea's Unification Ministry later regretted that North Korea refused to call through the communication line five days in a row.
In an editorial on April 6, KCNA condemned the US and South Korea for pushing tensions to the brink of nuclear war through joint drills using strategic weapons.
US and South Korean forces have conducted a series of annual exercises since March, including exercises involving aircraft carriers as well as B-1B and B- bombers. 52, according to Reuters.
South Korean Defense Minister Lee Jong-sup said that North Korea is ready to conduct a nuclear test at any time, according to Yonhap.
If it happens, North Korea's new nuclear test could be designed to "verify the final technology" needed for the mass production and deployment of nuclear warheads, according to South Korea's defense ministry.
Source: Thanh Nien Newspaper