North Korea launched a ballistic missile today morning that flew over the northern Japanese Island of Hokkaido. The move is seen as a bold, defiance in Kim Jong Un’s five-year-long rule and one that will reignite tensions between Pyongyang and the outside world.
The missile was launched at 5:58 a.m. Japanese time from a site at Sunan, north of Pyongyang. Sunan is the location of the country’s main international airport and the arrival point for outside visitors to the country. Missile launches and nuclear tests are banned by the United Nations Security Council. But Kim has pressed आहे, ead unrelentingly.
North Korea has sent a missile over Japan before, in 1998. Part of a North Korean rocket also flew over Japan in 2009, although Pyongyang claimed it was a satellite launch and it gave Japan notice before the launch.
The launches mark a dangerous new escalation from Kim’s regime. Kim – who has ordered the launch of 18 missiles this year alone, compared to the 16 missiles his father, Kim Jong-un, fired during 17 years in power – has defied international calls to stop his provocations.
The UN Security Council is expected to hold an emergency meeting in response.
The missile was launched at 5:58 a.m. Japanese time from a site at Sunan, north of Pyongyang. Sunan is the location of the country’s main international airport and the arrival point for outside visitors to the country. Missile launches and nuclear tests are banned by the United Nations Security Council. But Kim has pressed आहे, ead unrelentingly.
North Korea has sent a missile over Japan before, in 1998. Part of a North Korean rocket also flew over Japan in 2009, although Pyongyang claimed it was a satellite launch and it gave Japan notice before the launch.
The launches mark a dangerous new escalation from Kim’s regime. Kim – who has ordered the launch of 18 missiles this year alone, compared to the 16 missiles his father, Kim Jong-un, fired during 17 years in power – has defied international calls to stop his provocations.
The UN Security Council is expected to hold an emergency meeting in response.
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