North Korea launches ballistic missile as tensions with Seoul grow over ...
- On Saturday, North Korea launched an intermediate-range ballistic missile from the Wonsan area toward the Sea of Japan, flying more than 700 kilometres, Seoul's Joint Chiefs of Staff reported.
- Pyongyang denied responsibility for last month's DMZ explosion that wounded three soldiers, calling the South "despicable" on Friday and undercutting Seoul's civilian leadership's attempts to resume dialogue.
- Kim Yo Jong dismissed Unification Minister Chung Dong-young's proposal for border talks as a "wild dream and unilateral jargon," calling the South's outreach "the climax of the farce that everyone should watch."
- South Korea's opposition People Power Party accused President Lee Jae Myung on Friday of failing to criticize the North while taking a hard line on Ukraine, citing compromised national dignity.
- Yang Moo-jin, former president of the University of North Korean Studies, told AFP that "Seoul called for easing tensions, but Pyongyang answered by escalating them," signaling continued confrontation.
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North Korea declared Sunday, October 4, that it had tested a hypersonic missile under the supervision of its leader, Kim Jong-un, during an exercise to demonstrate the reliability of its nuclear deterrence.
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The Independent (US)North Korea says Kim oversaw hypersonic missile drill
Drill was aimed at training missile troops, KCNA said
North Korea's Rodong Sinmun reported on the 4th that North Korean Chairman Kim Jong Un observed a hypersonic missile launch drill on the 3rd and emphasized that the exercise "aims to further advance the country's nuclear war deterrence capabilities." This comes in response to South Korea's demands for an apology and dialogue regarding the landmine explosion in the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) on the 21st of last month.
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un tested a medium-range missile on Saturday. The missile flew 1,000 kilometers and hit a target. The exercise was aimed at enhancing nuclear deterrence.
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