“ North Korea fired about 10 cruise missiles to coincide with a joint visit by US and South Korean defense ministers Pete Hegseth and Ahn Kyu-bak to the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) that separates the two Koreas. Source: Yonhap citing South Korea’s military command Details: North Korea is said to have fired missiles toward the northern waters of the Yellow Sea around 4:00 p.m. Monday local time. The launch came less than an hour before Hegset arrived at Camp Bonifas, located south of the Joint Security Area (JSA) within the DMZ, on a joint visit with South Korea’s defense minister to the tense border. Separately, the military confirmed that North Korea also fired 10 more missiles around 3:00 p.m. (local time) on Saturday, as South Korean President Lee Jae-min and Chinese leader Xi Jinping held a summit in the southeastern city of Gyeongju on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meeting. “Our military is closely monitoring North Korea’s various actions within the framework of the steadfast joint defense posture of South Korea and the United States, and maintains the ability and readiness to resolutely respond to any threat,” South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said. Yonhap adds that while North Korea’s multiple-barrel missile launches do not violate UN Security Council resolutions, its 240mm multiple-barrel missile launchers put Seoul and surrounding areas in the target zone. In October, North Korea launched several short-range ballistic missiles, about a week before US President Donald Trump’s visit to South Korea for the APEC summit.”, — write: www.pravda.com.ua
Source: Yonhap, citing the South Korean military command
Details: North Korea is said to have fired missiles towards the northern waters of the Yellow Sea around 16:00 on Monday local time.
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The launch came less than an hour before Hegset arrived at Camp Bonifas, located south of the Joint Security Area (JSA) within the DMZ, on a joint visit with South Korea’s defense minister to the tense border.
Separately, the military confirmed that North Korea also fired 10 more missiles around 3:00 p.m. (local time) on Saturday, as South Korean President Lee Jae-min and Chinese leader Xi Jinping held a summit in the southeastern city of Gyeongju on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meeting.
“Our military is closely monitoring North Korea’s various actions within the framework of the steadfast joint defense posture of South Korea and the United States, and maintains the ability and readiness to resolutely respond to any threat,” South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said.
Yonhap adds that while North Korea’s multiple-barrel missile launches do not violate UN Security Council resolutions, its 240mm multiple-barrel missile launchers put Seoul and surrounding areas in the target zone.
In October, North Korea launched several short-range ballistic missiles, about a week before US President Donald Trump’s visit to South Korea for the APEC summit.