New North Korean military test raises tension – ElSol.com.ar – Diario de Mendoza, Argentina

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un personally oversaw the latest short-range missile launch on Thursday by the Pyongyang regime, the North Korean KNCA agency reported today.

The official agency confirmed "the attack by means of artillery fire" on the "advanced and western front", but did not specify the type of projectiles "long-range" , according to KCNA, supervised by Kim.

According to South Korean chiefs of staff, North Korea on Thursday launched two projectiles that would be short-range ballistic missiles from Pyongan del Norte province, facing east and south. a range of 420 and 270 km.

This is the second launch of this type in the last days supervised by Kim, of the one that took place last Saturday, this time from the east coast of the country.

The operations are recorded as contacts between the United States and North Korea are frozen to achieve the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula and a few days after the meeting between Mr Kim and Russian President Vladimir Putin.

According to KCNA, during the last operation, Kim "studied the fire service drill plan with a view to achieving long-term goals and gave the order to start."

"The training was aimed at badessing and verifying the rapid reaction capability of the advanced and western front defense units, combining the transfer and badault with fire," the text adds.

Unlike last Saturday, the official North Korean agency did not include photographs of the launch and the text is accompanied by the image of a smiling Kim in the same context of the military operation last week.

The military trials took place when the North American special envoy for North Korea, Stephen Biegun, was in Seoul to hold talks with South Korean officials on the strategy of the two countries. Regarding Pyongyang, during his first visit from the top of Hanoi.

North Korea has launched "what appears to be two short-range missiles" that have traveled 270 and 420 kilometers east respectively, the South Korean Chief of Staff (EMC) said in a statement. a statement.

The South Korean presidency has actually described the launch as "deeply troubling that it does not help improve inter-Korean relations or efforts to alleviate military tensions," the news agency reported. South Korean Yonhap.

EMC said the launches appeared to have been made in Sino-ri, North Pyongan Province, 75 km northwest of Pyongyang, the capital.

Mr. Biegun met today with his South Korean counterpart, Lee Do-hoon, and will meet tomorrow at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Unification to develop a strategy. common position concerning North Korea.
The United States has deployed 28,500 troops in South Korea since the end of the Korean War to defend its capitalist ally from its communist neighbor.

Following last Saturday's launch, Korea and the United States refrained from talking about a missile, instead using the word "projectile", which could jeopardize the continuity of the negotiations because it would violate the Council of Europe's resolutions. security. of the UN.