Seoul North Korea launched another two missiles on Thursday, just two days after its latest test, and later flew multiple warplanes close to the South Korean border, Seoul said. Pyongyang launched two missiles from the Samsok area of the North Korean capital towards the Sea of Japan, also known as the East Sea, South Korean news agency Yonhap reported, citing the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS). The Japanese prime minister’s office had earlier tweeted that North Korea launched a suspected ballistic missile. Prime Minister Fumio Kishida slammed North Korea’s repeated firings of missiles over a short span of time as “absolutely unacceptable,” the Kyodo news agency reported.
UN resolutions prohibit North Korea from testing ballistic missiles of any range, some of which are capable of carrying a nuclear warhead. Hours after the launches, the South Korean military reported that North Korea had deployed 12 fighter jets near the inter-Korean border. Yonhap cited the general staff as saying the planes carried out firing exercises. South Korea sent 30 fighter jets to the border area in response. On Tuesday, Pyongyang launched a medium-range ballistic missile. (DPA)
