North Korea: Seoul, submarine-launched ballistic missile

North Korea has tested a ballistic missile towards the Sea of ​​Japan: according to the South Korean military, it was launched from a site near Sinpo, in the province of South Hamgyong, around 10:17 local time (3:17 am in Italy) . "The intelligence authorities of South Korea and the United States are conducting an in-depth analysis," the Joint Chiefs of Staff Command in Seoul noted in a statement. The launch took place as key nuclear envoys from South Korea, the US and Japan are in Washington to discuss joint efforts to bring Pyongyang back to the negotiating table over humanitarian aid and other incentives.

The North continued to work on its weaponry, as evidenced by the series of recent missile tests, including last month's launches of a new type of long-range cruise missile and a hypersonic one. Cautious optimism towards Pyongyang resurfaced after the reactivation of inter-Korean communication channels in early October. Today, however, in Washington, the envoys from the USA, South Korea and Japan, respectively Sung Kim, Noh Kyu-duk and Takehiro Funakoshi, will meet to discuss a common strategy on the North. Yesterday, Noh and Kim met bilaterally and discussed Seoul President Moon Jae-in's recent proposal on the formal declaration of the end of the 1950-53 Korean War, which Seoul believes is an effective measure to build trust with Pyongyang. . L'US envoy plans to visit Seoul at the weekend to discuss a further riund of confrontation on what to do with Pyongyang. Meanwhile, the Seoul Bureau has urgently convened the National Security Council to examine the situation in response to North Korea's ballistic launch in a complex scenario. On Thursday, in fact, South Korea will launch Nuri, its first space rocket developed on the domestic front, from the Naro Space Center in Goheung. Hopefully, Seoul will be the 10th nation to send a satellite into space with its own technology.urgency the National Security Council to examine the situation in response to North Korea's ballistic launch in a complex scenario. On Thursday, in fact, South Korea will launch Nuri, its first space rocket developed on the domestic front, from the Naro Space Center in Goheung. Hopefully, Seoul will be the 10th nation to send a satellite into space with its own technology.urgency the National Security Council to examine the situation in response to North Korea's ballistic launch in a complex scenario. On Thursday, in fact, South Korea will launch Nuri, its first space rocket developed on the domestic front, from the Naro Space Center in Goheung. Hopefully, Seoul will be the 10th nation to send a satellite into space with its own technology.

The ballistic missile from North Korea would have been launched from a submarine, the South Korean army says.

"Our army has detected an unidentified short-range ballistic missile, it would be a SLBM (Submarine-launched ballistic missile, ed.) Launched from North Korea," according to a statement by the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

According to the latest updates provided by the Seoul military, the carrier would have covered a trajectory of 430-450 km before ending up in the Sea of ​​Japan, with a maximum altitude of 60 km.

The missile was launched around 10.17 local (3:17 in Italy) from a site near Sinpo, in the South Hamgyong province, on the country's east coast.