By: EFE
The South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) reported that detected the launch of an unidentified projectile from North Korea towards the Sea of Japan (this), the fourth Pyongyang test so far this month.
The brief statement from the South Korean army did not provide more information about the projectile, while the Japanese Coast Guard reported that it could be a ballistic missile and that it would have fallen into the water about 9: 03 (1: 03 Monday’s GMT) today.
The armies of South Korea and Japan are currently analyzing the launch to clarify further details.
The South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) reported today that it has detected the launch of an unidentified projectile from North Korea and in the direction of the Sea of Japan (east), the fourth attempt by Pyongyang so far this month. https://t.co/Hw54GlPzbx
— EFE News (@EFEnoticias) January 14, 2022
This is the fourth launch of this type that Pyongyang carries out this January, after 5 days and 11 fired what he claims are hypersonic missiles , and that the day 14 launched two guided missiles from a train after threatening to respond “stronger” to the new US sanctions against North Korea.
The United States approved sanctions last week against North Korean citizens whom it accuses of providing materials and technology for the regime’s weapons program from abroad, to which North Korea responded with a third launch and a fourth launched today.
The United States Ambassador to the UN, Linda Thomas-Greenfie ld, also noted the previous week that Washington is pressing for the Security Council to impose additional sanctions on the Asian country as punishment for all the launches it has carried out since last September.
Washington estimates that North Korea used ballistic missiles in these tests, which violates previous sanctioning resolutions approved since 2006 as punishment for the North Korean weapons program.
In a New Year’s radio message , North Korean leader Kim Jong-un avoided sending a message to the US and assured that the regime’s priority is the national economy and the strengthening of national defense.
Kim himself last year rejected US offers to try to resume the dialogue on denuclearization, stalled since 2019.
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