Kim Jong Un on Tuesday fired two short-range ballistic missiles off its east coast.
What happened: This was announced by the South Korean military Rockets were fired early in the morning from South Hwanghae Province near North Korea’s west coast, Reuters reported.
The start was the fourth in just three days and the latest in a series of weapons tests as Seoul and Washington conduct their largest joint military exercises in years.
This was announced by South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS). The military was on high alert and maintaining a full readiness posture in close coordination with its American counterpart.
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On Sunday, North Korean state media reported that Pyongyang has decided to take “important practical” war deterrent measures as “US-South Korean war provocations reach the red line.”
On Monday, Pyongyang also tested two strategic cruise missiles from a submarine after Kim ordered his military to do so last week Intensify exercises to simulate a “real war”.
North Korea has long against the joint exercises under the pretense that they served as samples for an invasion.
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