{"id":1560,"date":"2013-03-16T13:22:48","date_gmt":"2013-03-16T13:22:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.egeve.com\/up\/wordpress\/2013\/03\/16\/n-korea-military-test-fire-short-range-missiles\/"},"modified":"2022-10-29T16:13:40","modified_gmt":"2022-10-29T15:13:40","slug":"n-korea-military-test-fire-short-range-missiles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.egeve.com\/en\/n-korea-military-test-fire-short-range-missiles\/","title":{"rendered":"N. Korea military test-fire short range missiles"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

North Korea’s military fired short-range missiles into the East Sea (Sea of Japan) on Friday, Yonhap reported, at a time of heightened tensions following Pyongyang’s recent nuclear test. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A single unit of the North’s military test-fired the missiles presumed to be KN-02, estimated to have a range of about 120 kilometres (74 miles), the report said.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

“The launch was seen as testing its capability for short-range missiles. It seemed to be conducted on a military-unit level, not at a national level,” said a military source in Seoul cited by the South Korean news agency.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The South’s defence ministry declined to confirm the report.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

The tests came a day after North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-Un oversaw a live-fire artillery drill near the disputed Yellow Sea border with South Korea, as the South’s prime minister visited the flashpoint area.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The area has witnessed bloody North-South clashes in the past and, with military tensions at their highest level for years, is seen as the prime location for another confrontation.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kim made an inspection tour of the same artillery units last week that was widely covered by state TV and the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

North Korea has threatened to unleash a second Korean War — backed by nuclear weapons — in response to UN sanctions imposed after its third atomic test in February and joint South Korea-US military manoeuvres.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

So far, the land and sea border dividing the two Koreas has remained calm, if tense, and the South has dismissed the North’s threats as a crude attempt to put “psychological pressure” on Seoul.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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