(Seoul Composite Electric) South Korean military confirmed that North Korea launched two short -range ballistic missiles on Friday (December 23), which fired again after five days of North Korea.
South Korea ’s joint staff headquarters said that at about 4 pm on Friday in the South Korean military, it was found that North Korea launched two short -range ballistic missiles to the East China Sea, and the official was analyzing specific parameters such as the range and flight speed of the missile.
The Japanese Coast Guard also reported that there was a suspected ballistic missile launch, and the Japanese government had proposed a serious protest to North Korea through the Chinese Embassy.The Secretary -General of the Japanese Cabinet, Matsuno Koichi, emphasized that North Korea's successive launch of missiles threatened regional security and "absolutely unacceptable."
North Korea has recently launched a series of missile tests, leading to heating up the situation.U.S. Secretary of State Brills said on Thursday that he would ask China to assist in persuading North Korea to return to the negotiating table.
Brinken will visit Beijing early next year. This is the first time that the Secretary of State has visited China in the past four years.Brinken revealed that it will discuss how to "persuade North Korea to go in another direction."
Brinken said that the US position is very clear. They are willing to not have any conditions to carry out foreign contact with North Korea, and are committed to seeing the North Korean Peninsula to achieve no denuclearization. He believes that China can play a role in this regard.
But he emphasized that the United States will sanction in North Korea and work closely with allies such as Japan and South Korea to "resist any aggression."
