North Korea fired several short-range projectiles from its east coast on Saturda...
SEOUL - North Korea fired several short-range projectiles from its east coast on Saturday, South Korea’s military said, as analysts said the country is stepping up pressure against the United States after February’s failed nuclear summit in Hanoi.
If the unidentified projectiles were missiles, it would be the first missile launch since the North fired an intercontinental ballistic missile in November 2017. Soon after that missile test, the North declared that its nuclear force was complete, after which Pyongyang extended an olive branch to the South and the United States.
The South Korean military said it was conducting joint analysis with the United States of the latest launches. The latest firing, coming after the North’s test of what it called a tactical guided weapons system in April, added to the pressure Pyongyang has sought to exert on the United States to give ground in negotiations to end the North’s nuclear program.
South Korea’s presidential Blue House is “analyzing the situation,” a Blue House official said without elaborating. “It is an expression of the North’s frustration over stalled talks with the United States. It is a message that it could return to the previous confrontational mode if there is no breakthrough in the stalemate,” said Yang Uk, a senior research fellow at the Korea Defence and Security Forum.
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