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    North Korea fires flurry of short-range ballistic missiles

    May 8, 2025Updated:May 8, 2025 World No Comments
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    North Korea’s missile launch during an AP news conference took place at Seoul Railway Station ( AP ).

    Seoul: On Thursday, North Korea’s military reported that the country fired a number of short-range ballistic missiles after Kim Jong Un’s most recent ship tested a new weapons method. The Joint Chiefs of Staff stated that Seoul’s government had “detected the release of various types of short-range nuclear missiles.” According to the report, the missiles were “fired into the East Sea between approximately 08:10 and 09:20 today ( from 2310 GMT Wednesday ),” they continued, referring to the body of water known as the Sea of Japan. The JCS added that it had a” clear work of provocation” that poses a” serious danger to peace and stability” and that the missiles had flowed up to about 800 kilometers before going into the east of the island. Our government is carefully monitoring several North Korean activities to prevent any misinterpretation ( by the North ), it said in a speech. About a year after Kim oversaw the testing of a new ship weapons system, Kim conducted the launch, which was the nuclear-armed North’s second missile test since March. Next quarter, Pyongyang unveiled the 5, 000-ton destroyer-class vehicle Choe Hyon. The vehicle was “entertained into operation early next year,” according to North Korea, and it had the “most prominent weapons” in its arsenal. Although North Korea has not demonstrated its ability to reduce the number of nuclear weapons in its arsenal, some researchers have suggested that the ship may be equipped with short-range military nuclear missiles. The battleship could have been developed with Soviet assistance, according to the North Korean government, perhaps in trade for Pyongyang deploying thousands of troops to Moscow in response to Kyiv’s invasion. Additionally, North Korea and Russia both just announced that they had begun building the first road bridge connecting the two neighbors. In infraction of UN sanctions, North Korea launched a flurry of nuclear weapons next year. Researchers have long warned that the North of the nuclear-armed region might be testing arms for trade to Russia to use against Ukraine. World officials, including China’s Xi Jinping, but no Pyongyang’s Kim, were expected to attend the launch as Russia prepared to observe World War II Victory Day ceremonies. Vladimir Putin, the president of Russia, has decreed a three-day ceasefire between Ukraine and Kyiv to resonate with the celebrations. However, Kyiv has not agreed to it and has since dismissed it as political theater. The Thursday missile launch serves as a reminder of North Korea’s commitment and interest in Russia’s visible efforts to celebrate Success Day as a victory over Ukraine, according to Yang Moo-jin, president of the University of North Korean Studies in Seoul, a source quoted as saying.

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    According to common journalist NHK, Japan’s defense ministry claimed there was no harm to Japan from the North Korean weapons. Kim earlier this year inspected shell production at munitions companies, with state media reporting that the nation’s shell output had considerably increased in recent months. According to North Korean studies expert Ahn Chan-il, it is “entirely feasible” that the missile launch on Thursday” served as a test firing due to possible export to Russia,” according to the latest development. The North fired “multiple unexplained nuclear missiles,” according to South Korea’s navy in early March, the day Seoul and Washington conducted a significant annual joint military exercise known as Freedom Shield. In the Yellow Sea in later February, Pyongyang also tested corporate cruise missiles, which it claimed demonstrated” attack features.” In order to hinder the North, Washington’s most important security alliance has recently increased combined military exercises and increased the presence of proper US resources, including an aircraft carrier and a nuclear-powered underwater. Pyongyang has repeatedly proclaimed itself to be an “irreversible” nuclear power state and has consistently criticized joint US-South Korea drills as rehearsals for an invasion. Since the 1950-53 conflict ended with an armistice rather than a peace treaty, the two Koreas are technically still at war. The North destroyed the roads and railroads that connected it to the South last year, and fortified the border with more mines as relations deteriorated. Early in April, South Korea’s military claimed its troops fired warning shots when about 10 North Korean soldiers scurried over the heavily fortified border that divides the peninsula.

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