The world is changing, North Korean software is not.
North Korea fired two missiles off its eastern coast, according to the South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff.
The Japanese Coast Guard also said that two objects that could be ballistic missiles were fired from North Korea and landed in the waters between the Korean peninsula and Japan, outside the exclusive economic zone of the latter. this.
No ship or aircraft was damaged.
Two days ago, the North said it had successfully tested a new long-range cruise missile last weekend, calling it "a strategic weapon of great importance".
That is to say endowed with a nuclear capacity?
Despite the economic difficulties linked to American sanctions, Pyongyang has continued to develop its weapons program.
Negotiations to dismantle its nuclear and ballistic programs in exchange for sanctions relief have stalled since 2019.
The official North Korean agency KCNA released photos of the shooting over the weekend.
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If confirmed to be a ballistic missile, the double test would be North Korea's first since March and would constitute a further violation of UN sanctions.
South Korean and American intelligence services are currently analyzing the details and trajectories.
According to the North Korean reports, the missile traveled in two hours 1,500 km by drawing eight, a distance capable in a straight line of reaching all of Japan and the American military installations in the archipelago.
Biden still tries to chat with Pyongyang
In the face of this show of force, Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga and South Korean President Moon Jae-in both called sessions of their national security councils. The latest shooting came as Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi was in Seoul to meet with South Korean President Moon Jae-in and other senior officials to discuss the stalemate in the nuclear diplomacy with the North.
North Korea ended a year-long hiatus in ballistic testing in March by firing two short-range ballistic missiles into the sea, a testing tradition of the new US administration.
After showing all smiles with Kim Jong Un, and announcing historic advances, Donald Trump had achieved nothing.
His successor Joe Biden tried to open a dialogue but Pyongyang demands that Washington abandon its "hostile" policies first.
North Korea still maintains a self-imposed moratorium on nuclear and long-range missile testing, a sign that it may not wish to scuttle nuclear negotiations with the United States altogether.
