SEOUL/TOKYO: North Korea fired what could be a ballistic missile on Saturday, Japan’s military and South Korean media said.
South Korea’s military said North Korea fired a projectile off its east coast, and Yonhap news agency said the military believed it was a ballistic missile.
Japan’s defense ministry also tweeted that the projectile could be a ballistic missile.
On Wednesday, North Korea fired a ballistic missile toward the sea off its east coast, South Korea and Japan said, after Pyongyang vowed to develop its nuclear forces “at the fastest possible speed.”
The United States assessed that North Korea was preparing its Punggye-ri nuclear test site and could be ready to conduct a test there as early as this month, State Department deputy spokesperson Jalina Porter said.
South Korea’s president-elect Yoon Suk-yeol takes office on Tuesday.
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North Korea fires possible ballistic missile — Japan military, South Korea media
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North Korea fires possible ballistic missile — Japan military, South Korea media
- Japan’s defense ministry also tweeted that the projectile could be a ballistic missile
2 blasts rock Afghanistan’s Jalalabad city: AFP journalist
JALALABAD: Two loud explosions rocked Jalalabad in eastern Afghanistan on Saturday morning, an AFP journalist said, a day after Pakistani air strikes hit other Afghan cities.
The AFP journalist heard a jet overhead before blasts from the direction of the airport in Jalalabad, the capital of Nangarhar province, which sits on the road between Kabul and the Pakistani border.
The AFP journalist heard a jet overhead before blasts from the direction of the airport in Jalalabad, the capital of Nangarhar province, which sits on the road between Kabul and the Pakistani border.
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