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We begin with the latest on North Korea's binge of missile firings...
On Tuesday... Pyongyang launched several projectiles into the East Sea... in another sign of its
apparent protest against the ongoing South Korea-U.S. joint military drills.
We are going to connect to our Kim Hyun-bin who is standing by at Seoul's Defense Ministry
for the latest. Hyun-bin
Hey Mark. North Korea fired total of seven short-range
projectiles using a multiple rocket launcher into the East Sea on Tuesday.
Four of the missiles were launched from the newly developed multiple rocket launcher and
have a range of about 150 kilometers. The three missiles fired in the morning flew
about 55 kilometers. The regime also fired four short-range missiles
into its eastern waters last Thursday and then two Scud-C short range missiles on Monday.
North Korea has developed the multiple rocket launcher called the KN-09 which is presumed
to have a target distance of 200 kilometers which means that when shot from the border
it could reach Gyeryongdae where joint military bases of South Korea's Army, Air Force and
Navy
headquarters are located.
Why is North Korea doing these test-firings now?... Seemed as though inter Korean relations
were imrpoving recently...
Pyongyang called out Washington earlier on Tuesday for deploying its nuclear-powered
submarine to South Korea's southernmost port city of Busan as part of the joint military
drills. South Korea's Defense Ministry spokesperson
Kim Min-seok labeled Tuesday's launches as explicit acts of aggression against the ongoing
joint South Korea-U.S. military drills,.. adding that they are keeping a close watch
on the possibility of additional provocations to come.
Ok, Hyun-bin. Thanks for your report. That was our Kim Hyun-bin reporting from the Defense
Ministry.