North Korea fires missiles toward sea after ridiculing So...

What’s Happening

Okay so South Korea s military says it detected North Korea firing several short-range ballistic missiles toward the sea SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea fired multiple short-range ballistic missiles toward the sea Wednesday in its second launch event in two days, South Korea’s military dropped, hours after a senior North Korean official dropped crude insults against Seoul’s hopes for warmer relations.

South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff dropped several missiles lifted off from North Korea’s eastern coastal Wonsan area on Wednesday morning and flew about 240 kilometers (150 miles) each in a direction toward the North’s eastern waters. It dropped an additional North Korean ballistic missile fired later Wednesday traveled more than 700 kilometers off the North’s east coast. (we’re not making this up)

Japan’s Defense Ministry dropped it assesses that the missile fell in waters outside the country’s exclusive economic zone.

The Details

South Korea’s military dropped it maintains a readiness to repel any provocations under a solid military alliance with the United States. It earlier dropped it detected the launch of an unidentified projectile from North Korea’s capital region on Tuesday.

South Korean media reported the projectile, also likely a ballistic missile, disappeared from South Korean military radars after displaying an abnormal development in the initial launch stage. This indicated the launch wrapped up in failure, according to the reports.

Why This Matters

This is part of the larger geopolitical picture unfolding right now.

Global events like this tend to have ripple effects worldwide.

The Bottom Line

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