North Korea fires short-range test missile
Sept 28, 2021 0:38:31 GMT -5
Post by bloodbought on Sept 28, 2021 0:38:31 GMT -5
North Korea fires short-range test missile - then blasts US and South Korea over their 'hostile policy' towards the pariah state
North Korea fired a ballistic missile into the sea off its east coast
The South's military said an 'unidentified projectile' had been launched
The launch comes just days after North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's influential sister Kim Yo Jong dangled the prospect of an inter-Korean summit
Test underscored the steady development of North Korea's weapons systems, raising the stakes for stalled talks aimed at dismantling nuclear missile arsenals
Launch came just before North Korea's ambassador to the United Nations urged the United States to give up its hostile policy towards Pyongyang
North Korea's ambassador said no one could deny his country's right to self defense and to test weapons
North Korea accused Seoul and Washington of 'double standards,' saying they denounced weapons development while continuing their own military activities
North Korea said it is willing to restart stalled inter-Korean talks and consider a summit if South scraps its double standards and hostile policy toward the North
By ASSOCIATED PRESS
PUBLISHED: 19:36 EDT, 27 September 2021 | UPDATED: 01:23 EDT, 28 September 2021
North Korea fired off a short-range test missile Tuesday morning - then condemned the US and South Korea for the 'hostile policy' deployed against the pariah state.
The North´s latest test, which followed two previous rounds of missile tests this month, saw the missile land in the sea east of North Korea.
It indicated the country is returning to its tried-and-true technique of mixing weapons demonstrations and peace offers to wrest concessions amid long-stalled negotiations over its nuclear weapons program.
North Korea's neighbors said the weapon fired early Tuesday local time was a short-range missile and further details about the launch were being analyzed.
It came hours after North Korea's Ambassador to the UN Kim Song justified North Korea´s development of a 'war deterrent' as a necessity to defend against U.S. threats, and also accused South Korea of betraying inter-Korean peace agreements by prioritizing its Western ally over 'national harmony.'
He demanded that the United States 'permanently' stop its military exercises with South Korea, which the North has traditionally described as invasion rehearsals, and end the deployment of U.S. strategic weapons if it wants to end the 1950-53 Korean War and 'is really desirous of peace and reconciliation on the Korean Peninsula.'
'The possible outbreak of a new war on the Korean Peninsula is contained not because of the U.S.´s mercy on the DPRK, it is because our state is growing a reliable deterrent that can control the hostile forces in an attempted military invasion,' Kim said, referring to North Korea by the abbreviation of its formal name, the Democratic People´s Republic of Korea.
Kim's comments on the last day of the U.N. General Assembly´s annual high-level meeting came shortly after South Korea´s military reported a North Korean firing into eastern waters.
Full story with pictures at link
North Korea fired a ballistic missile into the sea off its east coast
The South's military said an 'unidentified projectile' had been launched
The launch comes just days after North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's influential sister Kim Yo Jong dangled the prospect of an inter-Korean summit
Test underscored the steady development of North Korea's weapons systems, raising the stakes for stalled talks aimed at dismantling nuclear missile arsenals
Launch came just before North Korea's ambassador to the United Nations urged the United States to give up its hostile policy towards Pyongyang
North Korea's ambassador said no one could deny his country's right to self defense and to test weapons
North Korea accused Seoul and Washington of 'double standards,' saying they denounced weapons development while continuing their own military activities
North Korea said it is willing to restart stalled inter-Korean talks and consider a summit if South scraps its double standards and hostile policy toward the North
By ASSOCIATED PRESS
PUBLISHED: 19:36 EDT, 27 September 2021 | UPDATED: 01:23 EDT, 28 September 2021
North Korea fired off a short-range test missile Tuesday morning - then condemned the US and South Korea for the 'hostile policy' deployed against the pariah state.
The North´s latest test, which followed two previous rounds of missile tests this month, saw the missile land in the sea east of North Korea.
It indicated the country is returning to its tried-and-true technique of mixing weapons demonstrations and peace offers to wrest concessions amid long-stalled negotiations over its nuclear weapons program.
North Korea's neighbors said the weapon fired early Tuesday local time was a short-range missile and further details about the launch were being analyzed.
It came hours after North Korea's Ambassador to the UN Kim Song justified North Korea´s development of a 'war deterrent' as a necessity to defend against U.S. threats, and also accused South Korea of betraying inter-Korean peace agreements by prioritizing its Western ally over 'national harmony.'
He demanded that the United States 'permanently' stop its military exercises with South Korea, which the North has traditionally described as invasion rehearsals, and end the deployment of U.S. strategic weapons if it wants to end the 1950-53 Korean War and 'is really desirous of peace and reconciliation on the Korean Peninsula.'
'The possible outbreak of a new war on the Korean Peninsula is contained not because of the U.S.´s mercy on the DPRK, it is because our state is growing a reliable deterrent that can control the hostile forces in an attempted military invasion,' Kim said, referring to North Korea by the abbreviation of its formal name, the Democratic People´s Republic of Korea.
Kim's comments on the last day of the U.N. General Assembly´s annual high-level meeting came shortly after South Korea´s military reported a North Korean firing into eastern waters.
Full story with pictures at link