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It took place during joint exercises with the United States and left residents of the already shaken coastal city of Gangneung in panic by North Korea’s increasingly provocative missile tests. The Seoul army then apologized to the alarmed inhabitants
A South Korean ballistic missile crashed to the ground in the early hours of today in Gangneung, in the north-east of the country, during joint exercises with the United States, panicking the residents of the coastal city already shaken by the increasingly provocative missile tests. of North Korea. The Washington Post reports. The explosion and subsequent fire caused by the missile, the paper writes, led many to believe it was a North Korean attack. Subsequently, the Seoul General Staff announced that it was an accident and that there were no injuries.
The exercises
deepening
North Korea launches missile, alert in Japan
The incident involved a Hyumoo-2 short-range ballistic missile. The missile crashed inside an Air Force base on the outskirts of the city. The army has made it known that it is investigating the causes of the missile’s “anomalous flight”. Previously, the South Korean General Staff announced that four Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) missiles and another Hyumoo-2 missile had been successfully launched during the joint exercises in response to North Korea’s provocation. Pyonyang, in fact, yesterday carried out the first ballistic test in eight months, launching an IRBM missile that traveled about 4,600 kilometers and flew over Japan.
The US-South Korea exercises, spokesman for National Security Advisor John Kirby explained to CNN, “have shown that we have the military preparation to respond to North Korean provocations, if they come”.
An apology from Seoul
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North Korea launches missile on Japan, sirens sound in Tokyo
The South Korean army has apologized. Although the missile did not explode, the noise and subsequent fire made the people of Gangneung think that the North had launched an attack. There are no reports of injuries. The incident occurred when the South Korean and US militaries launched a volley of missiles into the East Sea, also known as the Sea of Japan, in response to the launch of a North Korean ballistic missile on Japan for the first time in five years.
