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North Korea fired at least three short-range ballistic missiles from the Wonsan area of Kangwon province around 8:51 a.m. local time Wednesday, the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said. , for its acronym in English) of South Korea.
One of them landed in international waters, 26 kilometers south of the Northern Limit Line, 57 kilometers east of the South Korean city of Sokcho and 167 kilometers northwest of South Korea's Ulleungdo Island, the JCS said.
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"Our military can never tolerate North Korea's provocative acts, they have strengthened vigilance and will respond strictly and firmly while closely cooperating with the United States," JCS added.
For your part.
Japan maintained that North Korea fired at least two ballistic missiles near the country's east coast at around 8:50 am local time, also on Wednesday, Japan's Defense Minister Yaukazu Hamada told reporters.
Both missiles are estimated to have fallen outside Japan's Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), Hamada said.
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The first missile was launched eastward from North Korea's east coast, with an estimated maximum altitude of 150 kilometers and a flight distance of about 150 kilometers, Hanada said.
The second missile was fired in a southeasterly direction from North Korea's east coast, with an estimated maximum altitude of 100 kilometers and flew approximately 200 kilometers.
Hamada also said that no damage to aircraft or vessels has been reported at this time.
And it is possible that the ballistic missiles flew in an irregular trajectory.
North Korea's warning
North Korea's move comes a day after it called on the United States and South Korea to halt large-scale military exercises in the region, a North Korean Foreign Ministry spokesman said in a statement on Monday.
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"The situation on and around the Korean peninsula has re-entered the phase of serious power confrontation due to the unremitting and reckless military moves of the United States and South Korea," the statement read.
The United States and South Korea express their willingness to expand military exercises in response to the nuclear north
South Korea and the United States began a series of large-scale military air exercises on Monday to strengthen deterrence against potential North Korean provocations.
The drills will include more than 100 fighter jets and will take place over South Korean airspace from Oct. 31 to Nov. 4.
The spokesman also warned that the North Korean government could take "more powerful response measures" if the drills continue.
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