North Korea fires suspected ballistic missile
PBC News: North Korea has fired two suspected ballistic missiles, South Korea’s military said Monday, in what would be the nuclear-armed country’s fourth weapons test this month.
As talks with the United States remain stalled, Pyongyang looks set on military modernisation, testing hypersonic missiles twice this month and firing train-borne missiles Friday in response to new sanctions.
South Korea’s military detected two suspected “short-range ballistic missiles fired eastward from the Sunan airport in Pyongyang”, Seoul’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said Monday.
Japan’s coastguard also detected the launch of “a possible ballistic missile”, a spokesman told AFP.
Since North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un vowed to continue building up the country’s defence capabilities at a key meeting of the ruling party last month, Pyongyang has embarked on a string of new tests.
It said it had successfully tested a hypersonic gliding missile on January 5 and January 11.
Kim, who personally oversaw the second launch, then called for the development of more “strategic military muscle” after the test.
