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(.#B.043).- North Korea fires new projectiles in the Sea of Japan.
North Korea fires new projectiles in the Sea of Japan.
PHOTO AHN YOUNG-JOON, ASSOCIATED PRESS
Sunday's launch was aimed at showing that North Korea continues to function normally, despite the pandemic affecting the world, said Kim Dong-yub, a researcher at the Institute for the Study of the Far East, based in Seoul.
(Seoul) Pyongyang fired projectiles, presumably ballistic missiles, on Sunday for the fourth time in March, when all the attention of the international community is focused on combating COVID-19.
Posted on March 29, 2020 at 8:00 am
FRANCE MEDIA AGENCY
These tests come against the backdrop of a total diplomatic deadlock between North Korea and the United States on the nuclear dossier, and at a time when Washington has just offered aid to Pyongyang to fight the new coronavirus.
Sunday's shots were fired in the area of the port city of Wonsan on the east coast, and towards the Sea of Japan, or East Sea according to the Korean name.
"Such a military action by North Korea is extremely inappropriate at a time when the whole world is having difficulties due to the COVID-19 pandemic," the South Korean Joint Staff observed in a statement. stating that the projectiles appeared to be ballistic missiles.
The Japanese Ministry of Defense also said they looked like "ballistic missiles" and said that they did not fall into Japanese waters or into Japan’s exclusive maritime economic zone.
Trump's letter
North Korea, an atomic bomb country, made no comment on the launches. She said the three rounds of shots fired in March toward the Japan Sea were all tests of "long-range artillery".
Last week, it said it had tested a new "guided tactical weapon", where Seoul had seen two short-range ballistic missiles.
North Korea is subject to multiple sanctions from the United Nations Security Council forcing it to give up its banned nuclear and ballistic programs.
In the aftermath of last week's shootings, northern media announced that leader Kim Jong-un had received a letter from U.S. President Donald Trump detailing a plan to improve bilateral relations. What White House officials confirmed.
PHOTO JUNG YEON-JE, FRANCE-PRESS AGENCY
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un
The North Korean press cited in particular Kim's sister and adviser, Kim Yo Jong, who warned that the good personal relationship between him and Mr. Trump would not be enough to relaunch relations.
No case announced
In the letter, Mr. Trump "explained his plan to boost relations between the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and the United States and expressed his intention to assist in the fight against epidemics", clearly referring to the COVID-19, according to a press release issued by KCNA.
North Korea is one of the rare countries in the world not to have announced a case of contamination on its soil, even if in the South, many are convinced that the North is affected.
Many experts believe that the pandemic, which has already killed more than 30,000 people worldwide, could prove catastrophic in the North, given the weakness of its health system.
Sunday's launch was aimed at showing that the country continues to function normally, despite the pandemic which affects the world, estimated Kim Dong-yub, researcher at the Institute for the Studies in the Far East, based in Seoul .
North Korea has stepped up arms tests since November in the absence of progress in the negotiations by which the United States hopes to abandon its nuclear program.
These discussions have stalled since the fiasco of the second summit between MM. Trump and Kim in Hanoi in February 2019, despite a very symbolic meeting between the two men in June in the Demilitarized Zone which divides the peninsula.
Analysts say Pyongyang is gradually refining its military capabilities, despite sanctions and convictions.
F I N .
North Korea fires new projectiles in the Sea of Japan.
PHOTO AHN YOUNG-JOON, ASSOCIATED PRESS
Sunday's launch was aimed at showing that North Korea continues to function normally, despite the pandemic affecting the world, said Kim Dong-yub, a researcher at the Institute for the Study of the Far East, based in Seoul.
(Seoul) Pyongyang fired projectiles, presumably ballistic missiles, on Sunday for the fourth time in March, when all the attention of the international community is focused on combating COVID-19.
Posted on March 29, 2020 at 8:00 am
FRANCE MEDIA AGENCY
These tests come against the backdrop of a total diplomatic deadlock between North Korea and the United States on the nuclear dossier, and at a time when Washington has just offered aid to Pyongyang to fight the new coronavirus.
Sunday's shots were fired in the area of the port city of Wonsan on the east coast, and towards the Sea of Japan, or East Sea according to the Korean name.
"Such a military action by North Korea is extremely inappropriate at a time when the whole world is having difficulties due to the COVID-19 pandemic," the South Korean Joint Staff observed in a statement. stating that the projectiles appeared to be ballistic missiles.
The Japanese Ministry of Defense also said they looked like "ballistic missiles" and said that they did not fall into Japanese waters or into Japan’s exclusive maritime economic zone.
Trump's letter
North Korea, an atomic bomb country, made no comment on the launches. She said the three rounds of shots fired in March toward the Japan Sea were all tests of "long-range artillery".
Last week, it said it had tested a new "guided tactical weapon", where Seoul had seen two short-range ballistic missiles.
North Korea is subject to multiple sanctions from the United Nations Security Council forcing it to give up its banned nuclear and ballistic programs.
In the aftermath of last week's shootings, northern media announced that leader Kim Jong-un had received a letter from U.S. President Donald Trump detailing a plan to improve bilateral relations. What White House officials confirmed.
PHOTO JUNG YEON-JE, FRANCE-PRESS AGENCY
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un
The North Korean press cited in particular Kim's sister and adviser, Kim Yo Jong, who warned that the good personal relationship between him and Mr. Trump would not be enough to relaunch relations.
No case announced
In the letter, Mr. Trump "explained his plan to boost relations between the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and the United States and expressed his intention to assist in the fight against epidemics", clearly referring to the COVID-19, according to a press release issued by KCNA.
North Korea is one of the rare countries in the world not to have announced a case of contamination on its soil, even if in the South, many are convinced that the North is affected.
Many experts believe that the pandemic, which has already killed more than 30,000 people worldwide, could prove catastrophic in the North, given the weakness of its health system.
Sunday's launch was aimed at showing that the country continues to function normally, despite the pandemic which affects the world, estimated Kim Dong-yub, researcher at the Institute for the Studies in the Far East, based in Seoul .
North Korea has stepped up arms tests since November in the absence of progress in the negotiations by which the United States hopes to abandon its nuclear program.
These discussions have stalled since the fiasco of the second summit between MM. Trump and Kim in Hanoi in February 2019, despite a very symbolic meeting between the two men in June in the Demilitarized Zone which divides the peninsula.
Analysts say Pyongyang is gradually refining its military capabilities, despite sanctions and convictions.
F I N .
