North Korea launches 4 ballistic missiles to the Sea of ​​Japan

Three projectiles have fallen in the Japanese Special Economic Zone (EEZ), a space that extends about 370 kilometers from the country’s coast

The North Korea released four ballistic missile toward the Sea of Japan , according to informed the government of Japan and South Korea . The launch took place at 7:06 am Monday (North Korean time, 7:36 pm Sunday in Brasília) from Dongchang-ri, on the northwest coast of the country, toward the East Sea, and one of the projectiles flew at least 1,000 kilometers before To fall into the ocean.

“We are conducting an accurate analysis with all the information available to determine the type of projectile and its range,” explains the text of a note from the Joint Chiefs of Staff of South Korea. Representatives of the South Korean army do not rule out that This projectile could be an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) – the North Korean regime used the Dongchang-ri base in the past to launch them – or a medium-category model (IRBM), such as Pyongyang launched last 12 of February.

South Korea’s National Security Committee, led by interim President Hwang Kyo-ahn, began a meeting shortly after hearing of the launch, a spokesman for the presidential office said. Japanese government spokesman Yoshihide Suga told a news conference in Tokyo that three of the four projectiles landed in his country’s Special Economic Zone (EEZ), a space that stretches some 370 kilometers Of the Japanese coast.

Japanese and South Korean officials believe the launch responds to joint annual maneuvers South Korea and the United States have held on South Korean territory since last week. North Korea regularly condemns these military exercises, the scale of which this year is the highest so far, as a test to invade its territory.

Following the February 12 launch, today’s launch is the second North Korea to launch since its leader, Kim Jong-un, announced in his New Year message that Pyongyang was finalizing the development of an ICBM, a weapon Which could allow it to reach the American territory in the future.