Kim Jong fired ballistic missiles at South Korea and Japan, high alert issued

Amid Iran’s ongoing tensions with the US and Israel, North Korea fired several ballistic missiles into the sea on Sunday. After this step, tension has increased in East Asia. Giving this information, South Korea and Japan have issued high alert.

South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said that North Korea launched this missile from the East Sinpo area in the morning. South Korea has strengthened its surveillance system, JCS said. He is also in close talks with the US and Japan.

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South Korea will call an emergency meeting

South Korea’s presidential office said its National Security Council would hold an emergency meeting to discuss the launches. Along with this, the Ministry of Defense of Japan also confirmed these missiles and said that it is believed that these weapons have fallen in the sea area near the east coast of North Korea. He said that Japan has lodged a strong protest with North Korea.

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A threat to regional and international peace

Japan said the launch was a threat to regional and international peace and a violation of UN Security Council resolutions that prohibit any ballistic activity by North Korea. North Korea said last week that its leader Kim Jong Un had overseen missile tests from the country’s destroyer warship. After the test, Kim said his government was focused on unlimited expansion of its nuclear forces.

International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Grossi also said last week that his agency had confirmed a sharp increase in activity at North Korea’s nuclear facilities.