It appears that the Nuclear-armed nation North Korea has fired two ballistic missiles into the sea off of its east coast, as reported by the military of South Korea, making it the sixth round of missile tests in this month alone.
The Joint Chiefs of Staff of South Korea claims that it detected the launch of what was presumed to be two ballistic missiles around 8 am local time from Hamhung located on the east coast of North Korea. The two suspected missiles, according to estimations, might have landed outside of the Exclusive Economic Zone of Japan, the Kyodo news agency said.
Earlier this month North Korea made a statement that it will be reinforcing its defenced against the United States of America and would also consider the resuming of all temporally suspended activities which seemed to be a reference to the self-imposed moratorium on the testing of nuclear weapons and the long-range missiles. South Korea’s military reported the firing of two cruise missiles being fired into the sea off its east coast on Tuesday.
Earlier this month the nation also tested tactical guided missiles, 2 hypersonic missiles which are capable of high-speed and manoeuvring after lifting off along with a railway-borne missile system. This series of tests this month has garnered condemnation from governments in Japan and the US. It has also drawn criticism and sparks in the meetings of the United Nations Security Council. The UNSC has sanctioned North Korea in regards to the violating resolutions that have banned the testing of ballistic missile tests.
The US administration has sanctioned various Russian and North Korean entities and individuals this month given the accusations that they were helping the programmes of North Korea’s Weapons. Mark Lambert, the US Deputy Assistant of State for Japan and Korea said that Washington has no reservations as far as talking with North Korea is concerned and they are also willing to meet anywhere and talk about anything. In a webinar hosted by a Washinton-based Center for Strategic and International Studies, Mark said that a serious discussion has to be conducted about the denuclearisation of North Korea and if the nation is willing to come forward and do it, a lot of promising things could happen.
On the other hand, North Korea continues to defend its missile tests as the sovereign right of the nation for self-defence. It also said that the US Sanctions on North Korea are a testimony to the fact that even if the US is proposing talks, it still maintains a hostile policy towards Pyongyang.
