North Korean Regime Launches Unidentified Ballistic Missile Into Sea Of Japan

The diet of Kim Jong Un launched an unidentified ballistic missile into the Sea of ​​Japan on Saturday, according to the south korean army in a short statement.

He Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) gave no further information on this new attack, the second carried out by Pyongyang so far this year.

The Japanese Coast Guard notified the launch at 5:25 p.m. local time (8:25 a.m. GMT) citing information provided by the Defense Ministry.

Shortly after, Japanese government sources quoted by the Kyodo agency also confirmed that it was the launch of a ballistic missile of an unspecified type.

The alleged ballistic missile is believed to have landed in the Japan Exclusive Economic Zonesaid the Japanese Prime Minister, Fumio Kishida.

“It appears that the ballistic missile fired by North Korea landed inside Japan’s exclusive economic zone, west of HokkaidoKishida told reporters after a Japanese defense official said the missile was expected to land about 200 kilometers (125 miles) west of Oshima Island in Hokkaido, northern Japan.

The day before, North Korea threatened to react “unprecedented” to the military exercises that the South and the United States have planned for March, which will also carry out a theoretical exercise next week simulating a nuclear attack by the regime.

“If the United States and South Korea carry out their already announced plan of military maneuvers which (North Korea), with just apprehension and reason, contemplates preparations for a war of aggression, they will face against unprecedented persistent and strong actionsthe Foreign Ministry said in a statement carried by North Korean state media.

In the memo, the ministry accuses Seoul and Washington of planning more than 20 rounds of maneuvers, including the largest field exercises in its history. Moreover, he said that the two nations are “deliberate tampering by arch-criminals” regional peace and stability.

“It predicts that the situation on the Korean Peninsula and in the region will once again plunge into the serious vortex of escalating tensions,” the statement said.

Although he did not specify which military exercises he was referring to, North Korea often criticizes all major operations from Washington and Seoul and usually responds with its own weapons tests.

Pyongyang last year organized a record number of missile launchesabout fifty, often in response to joint maneuvers by Seoul and Washington and the deployment of strategic Pentagon assets on the peninsula.

Satellite photos also show that the nuclear test center in My back (northeast of the country) has been fully rehabilitated for nearly a year and is ready to host a new atomic test.

(With information from AFP, AP and EFE)

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