The launch of the ballistic missile was over the East Sea. The Japanese authorities alerted the island of Hokkaido.
North Korea shot a ballistic missile unspecified out to sea, South Korea’s Yonhap news agency reported, citing the country’s military, and the Japanese government immediately urged residents of the northern island of hokkaido to seek shelter.
The agency noted that the South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff reported the launch of the projectile over the East Sea, also known as the Sea of Japan, AFP reported.
Right away, the Japanese government urged residents of the northern island of Hokkaido to seek refuge.
“Evacuate immediately, evacuate immediately”, the government said in an alert asking Hokkaido residents to take shelter in a building or underground tunnels.
North Korea continued in 2023 weapons testing frenzy started the previous year and claims to have tested two intercontinental ballistic missiles and two submarine drones with nuclear attack capability.
On Monday, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attended a meeting of the Central Military Commission to discuss ways to “deal with the escalating moves by the US imperialists and South Korea’s treacherous puppets to launch a war of aggression.” , said the official agency KCNA.
Kim ordered the country’s deterrence capabilities to be strengthened at “faster speed” and with a “more practical and offensive” approach.
Parallel to the promotion of the arms tests of the hermetic communist country, the United States and South Korea increased military maneuvers in the area, considered by Pyongyang a test for an eventual invasion.
Source: Ambito
