SEOUL, South Korea — Despite biting international sanctions, Pyongyang has conducted a string of weapons tests this year, including of hypersonic missiles, as leader Kim Jong Un pursues his avowed goal of further strengthening the military.
Two suspected “short-range ballistic missiles” were fired east from an airport in Pyongyang early Monday, the South Korean military’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said, with Japan also confirming the launch.The United States called on North Korea Monday to “cease its unlawful and destabilizing activities.” Pyongyang said it successfully tested hypersonic gliding missiles on January 5 and January 11, with the second launch personally supervised by Kim.
If “the US adopts such a confrontational stance, the DPRK will be forced to take stronger and certain reaction to it”, the spokesman said hours before Pyongyang fired two train-launched missiles Friday.“It is signalling that it will forge ahead with tests despite criticism,” Hong Min of the Korea Institute for National Unification in Seoul told AFP.
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