North Korea fired eight short-range ballistic missiles towards the sea off its east coast on Sunday. NorthKorea missiles SouthKorea UnitedStates
People watch a news program on North Korea's missile launch, at a train station in Seoul, South Korea, on Wednesday, 25 May, 2022.North Korea fired eight short-range ballistic missiles towards the sea off its east coast on Sunday, a day after South Korea and the United States wrapped up their first combined military exercises involving an American aircraft carrier in more than four years.
The launch came after South Korea and the United States wrapped up large-scale, three-day drills involving the USS Ronald Reagan, a 100,000-tonne nuclear-powered aircraft carrier.It was the allies' first joint military exercise since South Korea's President Yoon Suk-yeol took office last month, and their first joint drills involving an aircraft carrier since November 2017.
The launch also followed a visit to Seoul by the US point man on North Korean affairs, US Special Representative Sung Kim, who departed on Saturday. Last week, the United States called for more UN sanctions on North Korea over its ballistic missile launches, but China and Russia vetoed the suggestion, publicly splitting the UN Security Council on North Korea for the first time since it started punishing it in 2006, when North Korea conducted its first nuclear test.
The first missile appeared to be the North's largest ICBM, the Hwasong-17, while a second unspecified missile appeared to have failed mid-flight, South Korean officials said at the time. The third missile was a short-range ballistic missile .
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