Confirmed: North Korea has fired two suspected short-range missiles into the sea, South Korea says, in the fourth such test in two weeks. The projectiles were launched from a western province into waters east of the Korean peninsula in the early hours of Wednesday, officials said. The move follows a recent visit by the Chinese president to South Korea. Chinese leaders traditionally go to Pyongyang before Seoul, and the visit has been seen as a snub to North Korea. North Korea fired two short-range missiles presumed to be Scud-type ones... from a site in Hwanghae province in a north-easterly direction, South Korean spokesman Um Hyo-sik was quoted as saying by Yonhap news agency. They flew some 500km (310 miles) and landed in international waters, he added, without giving further details. North Korea has carried out several such launches in recent months, including four within the last two weeks. It has interspersed these launches with apparently conciliatory moves towards the South, including a recent offer to suspend provocative military activities and cross-border slander. Previous similar offers have come to nothing and South Korea has dismissed this latest offer.
Posted on: Wed, 09 Jul 2014 15:32:15 +0000
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