The South Korean government has observed an alarming new launch of a missile barrage by North Korea on Thursday, announcing that an unidentified projectile was fired off the peninsula's east coast on Thursday.
"The Joint Chiefs of Staff said the launches of about 10 short-range ballistic missiles happened from North Korea’s capital region around 5 p.m. (0800 GMT) on Thursday," the Associated Press details. "The military said the missiles flew about 300 kilometers (185 miles) each toward North Korea’s eastern waters."
via Reuters"The military said South Korea has bolstered its surveillance posture and was closely coordinating information on the launches with the U.S. and Japan," AP adds based on the statement. "South Korea’s presidential national security council issued a statement urging North Korea to halt ballistic missile launches."
The new test is obviously meant to send a strong message, given it follows Pyongyang's dismissal of President Trump's decision to scale back US military exercises with South Korea this week.
Without doubt, Kim Jong-Un is welcoming the sudden attention from Trump, but if there's hope of rekindling the 'bromance' - this is basically Kim playing hard to get.
North Korea's stance is that simply scaling back the exercises doesn't make them any less provocative and less of a threat to its national security.
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