North Korea says ICBM launch was a ‘warning’
State media said on Friday that North Korea fired an intercontinental ballistic missile this week as a warning against ongoing US-South Korean military drills.
According to the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), the missile was launched on Thursday with the aim of “deliberately raising tensions to the enemy”.
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A TV screen at Yongsan Railway Station shows a news bulletin about North Korea’s long-range ballistic missile launch on March 16, 2023. (Kim Jae-hwan / SOPA Images / LightRocket via Getty Images)
It was the second ICBM launched by North Korea this year, and was fired just hours before South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol was due to meet with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida.
The aggressive escalation draws attention to the US message on the North Korean issue.
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In this photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, with his daughter, inspect an artillery drill at an undisclosed location in North Korea, Thursday, March 9, 2023. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)
Department of Defense Claimed on Thursday that its continuous joint military exercises with South Korea are continuing to prevent North Korean attacks.
“I think what’s important for people to understand is, one, deterrence continues to work,” Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder told reporters at the Defense Department’s daily news conference.
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People stand near a television showing broadcast news with file footage of North Korea’s missile test at a railway station in Seoul on March 14, 2023. (Anthony Wallace/AFP via Getty Images)
“Despite launching missiles into the sea, North Korea is not attacking, nor should they, and that the United States, Japan, South Korea and other allies and partners in the region are working to expand that deterrence and protect our Will continue to work together to keep the countries together.” Safe,” Ryder said.
