Source: Al Jazeera [Qatari state media]
“North Korea has fired multiple short-range ballistic missiles towards its east coast, South Korea and Japan said, in the second such test in a week. The missiles were launched from Kaechon, north of the capital Pyongyang, at about 6.50am on Wednesday (21:50 GMT on Tuesday) and flew about 400km (249 miles) towards the northeast, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said, without specifying how many were fired or where they landed. … The test comes days after North Korea’s foreign minister met top Russian security official Sergei Shoigu in Moscow. The two heavily-sanctioned countries have deepened ties in recent months with analysts saying the latest tests could be linked with North Korea’s alleged illicit supply of weapons to Russia for use in Ukraine. Pyongyang has denied sending weapons to Moscow.” (09/18/24)