North Korea has launched another ballistic missile into the Sea of ​​Japan

North Korea launched this Wednesday in the Sea of ​​Japan a new ballistic missile, in what was the fourteenth trial of this kind in the year. Six days before South Korea’s new president, conservative Yun Suk-yeol, takes office, and two weeks after Joe Biden’s visit to Seoul.

“It could be a warning message to Yunsaid Hong Min of the Korea National Unification Institute.

The president-elect said he would participate in the peace talks if Pyongyang confirms its willingness to denuclearize, something the North will never accept, Hong Min explained.

“It could also point to Pyongyang’s position that it has no choice but to upgrade its arsenal if Seoul and Washington decide to deploy strategic military assets in the South,” he added.

Both the Joint Chiefs of Staff of South Korea (JCS) and the Japanese government reported on this new challenge by Kim Jog-un and agreed on their assessments on the type of projectile launched from Pyongyang, where the North recently fired Korean army of two intercontinental missiles. ballistic missiles (ICBM), the first of its kind used since 2017.

“Currently, our military is in a state of alert surveillance and monitoring further movements in preparation for the launch,” JCS said in a statement.

Test record and nuclear threat

North Korea, which is still hermetically sealed from the outside of the coronavirus pandemic and has no vaccination plan, continues to reject offers made by the U.S. president to resume disarmament talks, which were delayed in 2019.

It’s more. The Kim Jong-un regime last year approved a five-year arms modernization plan that is behind the volume missile test record. In addition, satellites have been detecting activity for several months indicating that North Korea will soon conduct its first nuclear test since 2017.

Despite international sanctions against its nuclear and weapons program, North Korea has re-imported the modernization of its arsenal and weapons. tried many illicit projectiles.

It also resumed its intercontinental missile program, which, along with its nuclear weapons program, was paralyzed during an attempt to negotiate with former U.S. President Donald Trump, which failed in 2019 and has stalled ever since.

Kim Jong-un warned on Saturday that he could “preemptively” use his arsenal, which includes nuclear weapons, to counter the threatening actions of enemy countries.

Furthermore, at a military parade last week, Kim defended the need for increase its “nuclear force at the highest possible speed”.

“Nuclear forces, symbol of our national strength and axis of our military power, must be strengthened in terms of quality and size,” the controversial dictator said, according to state media.

With information from agencies

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