NORTH Korea has fired two ballistic missiles in the direction of the ocean, it’s claimed.
The rogue state launched each early within the day and fewer than hours other than each other, Seoul stated.
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It comes days after South Korea and US leaders agreed to scaleup joint army drills and deployment of American weapons.
US president Joe Biden and his new South Korean counterpart, Yoon Suk-yeol, agreed the scale-up to discourage North Korea’s intensifying weapons assessments.
Final week the White Home predicted North Korea might launch a missile or nuclear take a look at throughout Biden’s go to to Japan and South Korea.
Nationwide Safety Advisor Jake Sullivan stated it was a “real chance” in remarks on Wednesday.
“We’re making ready for all contingencies, together with the likelihood that such a provocation would happen whereas we’re in Korea or in Japan,” Sullivan stated.
North Korea resumed testing of intercontinental ballistic missiles earlier this yr, however has not examined a nuclear bomb since 2017.
Earlier in Could, three ballistic missiles had been fired by North Korea off its east coast into the ocean.
However the nation is at present coping with an enormous Covid outbreak.
Biden and Suk-yeol additionally supplied to ship Covid vaccines to it.
