North Korea Fires Short-Range Ballistic Missiles in Back-to-Back Launches as Pyongyang Issues Threatening Statement Toward Seoul
U.S. Indo-Pacific Command (INDOPACOM) stated the launches “do not pose an immediate threat to U.S. personnel or territory, or to our allies.”
KOREAN PENINSULA — North Korea fired multiple short-range ballistic missiles toward the East Sea on Wednesday, April 8, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) reported, marking the second launch in two days after an apparent failed attempt on Tuesday.
U.S. Indo-Pacific Command (INDOPACOM) stated the launches “do not pose an immediate threat to U.S. personnel or territory, or to our allies.”
The launches came as North Korea’s Foreign Ministry issued a statement calling South Korea “the most hostile enemy state” and stating “you will have to pay dearly if you persist in rash acts before us,” according to the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), North Korea’s state-run media.
The back-to-back firings followed South Korean President Lee’s expression of regret over drone flights by unidentified drones into North Korean territory.
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