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North Korea 'test fires short-range missiles'
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North Korea has tested several short-range missiles, according to reports from South Korea.
They were fired from the Hodo peninsula in the east of the country, said South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Last month Pyongyang said it had test-fired what it described as a new "tactical guided weapon".
That was the first launch since the Vietnam summit between the North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, and US President Trump, which ended without agreement.
Several short-range projectiles were fired, which flew for between 70km and 200km, the Joint Chiefs of Staff said, as quoted by South Korea's Yonhap news agency.
Hodo has been used in the past for launching cruise missiles and long-range artillery testing.
According to the North Korea news agency (KCNA), April's test of a new "tactical guided weapon" was overseen by Mr Kim himself. It said the test was "conducted in various modes of firing at different targets", which analysts believe means the weapon could be launched from land, sea or air.
It is unclear if that weapon was a missile, but most observers agree that it was probably a short-range weapon.
Nuclear activity appears to be continuing, however, and satellite images of North Korea's main nuclear site last month showed movement, suggesting the country could be reprocessing radioactive material into bomb fuel.
The country claims it has developed a nuclear bomb small enough to fit on a long-range missile, as well as ballistic missiles that could potentially reach the mainland US.
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North Korea fires short-range missile, South Korea official confirms
South Korean and U.S. authorities are in the process of analyzing the details concerning the missile launch, a South Korean military official told NBC News.
North Korean soldiers march during a press tour at the border village of Panmunjom in the Demilitarized Zone, South Korea, on May 1, 2019.Lee Jin-man / AP
May 4, 2019, 1:38 AM UTC
By Stella Kim and Doha Madani
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea has launched an unidentified short-range missile, a South Korean military official confirmed to NBC News.
The missile launched shortly after 9 a.m. Saturday off the eastern area on the Hodo Bando peninsula. South Korean and U.S. authorities are analyzing the details concerning the missile launch, according to the military official.
National Security Advisor John Bolton has "fully briefed" President Donald Trump on the launch, a senior administration official told NBC News Friday night.
Trump and North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un were unable to negotiate a denuclearization deal during a summit in Vietnam in February.
The president indicated at the time that the discussions stalled over Kim's demand that all sanctions be lifted in exchange for concessions on Pyongyang's nuclear weapons program.
Researchers at Beyond Parallel, a project sponsored by the defense think tank Center for Strategic and International Studies, found in March that North Korea was pursuing the "rapid rebuilding" of the long-range rocket site at Sohae Launch Facility.
Beyond Parallel reported that the activity at Sohae, photographed on March 2, is "evident at the vertical engine test stand and the launch pad's rail-mounted rocket transfer structure."
"The activity they are undertaking now is consistent with preparations for a test, though the imagery thus far does not show a missile being moved to the launch pad," Victor Cha, one of the authors of the report, said.
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North Korea fires an unidentified short-range missile
By Associated Press
PUBLISHED 9:35 PM ET May. 03, 2019
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea on Saturday fired an unidentified short-range missile from its eastern coast, the South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff said, a likely sign of Pyongyang's growing frustration at stalled diplomatic talks with Washington over its nuclear arsenal.
South Korean and U.S. authorities are analyzing the details, but if it is confirmed as a firing of a banned ballistic missile, it will be the first such launch since the North's November 2017 test of an intercontinental ballistic missile. That year saw a string of increasingly powerful weapons tests from the North, and a belligerent response from President Donald Trump that had many in the region fearing war.
The firing Saturday comes amid a diplomatic breakdown that has followed the failed summit earlier this year between Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un over the North's pursuit of nuclear bombs that can accurately target the U.S. mainland. Experts believe that the North has viable shorter range nuclear armed missiles but still needs more tests to perfect its longer-range weapons.
The South's Joint Chiefs of Staff said the North's missile was fired from Wonsan on the nation's east coast.
During the diplomacy that followed a rocky 2017, Kim Jong Un said that the North would not test nuclear devices or ICBMs.
This short-range missile would not violate that self-imposed moratorium. It may instead be a way to register his displeasure with Washington and the state of talks meant to provide sanctions relief for disarmament without having the diplomacy collapse.
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North Korea fires short-range missiles eastward – S. Korea
Published time: 4 May, 2019 00:42 Edited time: 4 May, 2019 01:37
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The missiles went off at 9:06 a.m. on Saturday from the east coast town of Wonsan in the direction of the Sea of Japan (known in the Koreas as the East Sea) on Saturday, the agency reported, quoting South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS). The projectiles flew between 70 and 200km.
South Korean and US authorities are reportedly analyzing the firing.
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Disarmament talks between North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and US President Donald Trump collapsed in Hanoi earlier this year when the US leader refused to relax sanctions without Pyonyangs unconditional denuclearization.
Following a summit in Vladivostok last month, Vladimir Putin affirmed Russia’s support for gradual nuclear disarmament in exchange for sanctions relief.
Putin and Trump discussed the issue in a phone call on Friday, agreeing on the need to pursue denuclearization, with Trump pushing Putin to join the US in applying pressure on Kim to disarm.
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Thawing relations between North and South Korea have seemingly reversed their course in the aftermath of the failed Hanoi summit, with Pyongyang pulling out of a celebration of the anniversary of last year’s historic summit between South Korean President Moon Jae-in and Kim in the DMZ, and ceasing to attend weekly joint meetings.
The North has also slammed the South for ramping up its participation in “war games” with the US, warning lat week that a “corresponding response” was imminent in the face of such “acts of perfidy.” The US and South Korea began two weeks of joint air force exercises last Monday, a more low-key version of the annual Max Thunder drills.
North Korea conducted 17 missile tests in 2017, provoking international outcry when several of the missiles passed over Japan. Last year, Kim began dismantling the North’s missile and rocket test site, a process that has reportedly been reversed in the wake of the failed Hanoi nuclear talks.
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Image copyright Reuters Image caption Kim Jong-un held talks with the US president in February
North Korea has tested several short-range missiles, according to reports from South Korea.
They were fired from the Hodo peninsula in the east of the country, said South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Last month Pyongyang said it had test-fired what it described as a new "tactical guided weapon".
That was the first launch since the Vietnam summit between the North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, and US President Trump, which ended without agreement.
Several short-range projectiles were fired, which flew for between 70km and 200km, the Joint Chiefs of Staff said, as quoted by South Korea's Yonhap news agency.
Hodo has been used in the past for launching cruise missiles and long-range artillery testing.
According to the North Korea news agency (KCNA), April's test of a new "tactical guided weapon" was overseen by Mr Kim himself. It said the test was "conducted in various modes of firing at different targets", which analysts believe means the weapon could be launched from land, sea or air.
It is unclear if that weapon was a missile, but most observers agree that it was probably a short-range weapon.
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Nuclear activity appears to be continuing, however, and satellite images of North Korea's main nuclear site last month showed movement, suggesting the country could be reprocessing radioactive material into bomb fuel.
The country claims it has developed a nuclear bomb small enough to fit on a long-range missile, as well as ballistic missiles that could potentially reach the mainland US.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/...issile-south-korea-official-confirms-n1001976
North Korea fires short-range missile, South Korea official confirms
South Korean and U.S. authorities are in the process of analyzing the details concerning the missile launch, a South Korean military official told NBC News.
North Korean soldiers march during a press tour at the border village of Panmunjom in the Demilitarized Zone, South Korea, on May 1, 2019.Lee Jin-man / AP
May 4, 2019, 1:38 AM UTC
By Stella Kim and Doha Madani
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea has launched an unidentified short-range missile, a South Korean military official confirmed to NBC News.
The missile launched shortly after 9 a.m. Saturday off the eastern area on the Hodo Bando peninsula. South Korean and U.S. authorities are analyzing the details concerning the missile launch, according to the military official.
National Security Advisor John Bolton has "fully briefed" President Donald Trump on the launch, a senior administration official told NBC News Friday night.
Trump and North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un were unable to negotiate a denuclearization deal during a summit in Vietnam in February.
The president indicated at the time that the discussions stalled over Kim's demand that all sanctions be lifted in exchange for concessions on Pyongyang's nuclear weapons program.
Researchers at Beyond Parallel, a project sponsored by the defense think tank Center for Strategic and International Studies, found in March that North Korea was pursuing the "rapid rebuilding" of the long-range rocket site at Sohae Launch Facility.
Beyond Parallel reported that the activity at Sohae, photographed on March 2, is "evident at the vertical engine test stand and the launch pad's rail-mounted rocket transfer structure."
"The activity they are undertaking now is consistent with preparations for a test, though the imagery thus far does not show a missile being moved to the launch pad," Victor Cha, one of the authors of the report, said.
https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nc/tr...rea-fires-an-unidentified-short-range-missile
North Korea fires an unidentified short-range missile
By Associated Press
PUBLISHED 9:35 PM ET May. 03, 2019
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea on Saturday fired an unidentified short-range missile from its eastern coast, the South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff said, a likely sign of Pyongyang's growing frustration at stalled diplomatic talks with Washington over its nuclear arsenal.
South Korean and U.S. authorities are analyzing the details, but if it is confirmed as a firing of a banned ballistic missile, it will be the first such launch since the North's November 2017 test of an intercontinental ballistic missile. That year saw a string of increasingly powerful weapons tests from the North, and a belligerent response from President Donald Trump that had many in the region fearing war.
The firing Saturday comes amid a diplomatic breakdown that has followed the failed summit earlier this year between Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un over the North's pursuit of nuclear bombs that can accurately target the U.S. mainland. Experts believe that the North has viable shorter range nuclear armed missiles but still needs more tests to perfect its longer-range weapons.
The South's Joint Chiefs of Staff said the North's missile was fired from Wonsan on the nation's east coast.
During the diplomacy that followed a rocky 2017, Kim Jong Un said that the North would not test nuclear devices or ICBMs.
This short-range missile would not violate that self-imposed moratorium. It may instead be a way to register his displeasure with Washington and the state of talks meant to provide sanctions relief for disarmament without having the diplomacy collapse.
Copyright 2019 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
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North Korea fires short-range missiles eastward – S. Korea
Published time: 4 May, 2019 00:42 Edited time: 4 May, 2019 01:37
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FILE PHOTO: North Korean soldiers ride a multiple rocket launcher © Reuters / Danish Siddiqui
The missiles went off at 9:06 a.m. on Saturday from the east coast town of Wonsan in the direction of the Sea of Japan (known in the Koreas as the East Sea) on Saturday, the agency reported, quoting South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS). The projectiles flew between 70 and 200km.
South Korean and US authorities are reportedly analyzing the firing.
Also on rt.com North Korea tests mysterious ‘tactical guided weapon’ after failed Trump-Kim summit
Disarmament talks between North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and US President Donald Trump collapsed in Hanoi earlier this year when the US leader refused to relax sanctions without Pyonyangs unconditional denuclearization.
Following a summit in Vladivostok last month, Vladimir Putin affirmed Russia’s support for gradual nuclear disarmament in exchange for sanctions relief.
Putin and Trump discussed the issue in a phone call on Friday, agreeing on the need to pursue denuclearization, with Trump pushing Putin to join the US in applying pressure on Kim to disarm.
Also on rt.com N. Korea warns of ‘corresponding response’ as Washington & Seoul stage joint war games
Thawing relations between North and South Korea have seemingly reversed their course in the aftermath of the failed Hanoi summit, with Pyongyang pulling out of a celebration of the anniversary of last year’s historic summit between South Korean President Moon Jae-in and Kim in the DMZ, and ceasing to attend weekly joint meetings.
The North has also slammed the South for ramping up its participation in “war games” with the US, warning lat week that a “corresponding response” was imminent in the face of such “acts of perfidy.” The US and South Korea began two weeks of joint air force exercises last Monday, a more low-key version of the annual Max Thunder drills.
North Korea conducted 17 missile tests in 2017, provoking international outcry when several of the missiles passed over Japan. Last year, Kim began dismantling the North’s missile and rocket test site, a process that has reportedly been reversed in the wake of the failed Hanoi nuclear talks.
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