Experts say one launch appears to have involved a ballistic missile, which would contravene multiple UN Security Council resolutions
TOKYO — North Korea launched an “unidentified projectile” on Thursday, according to South Korea’s military, marking the second such test in less than a week and raising tensions with Washington and Seoul.
It also comes on the eve of South Korean President Moon Jae-in’s two year anniversary in office, and only hours before he is due to conduct his first live television interview with the state broadcaster. The launch also comes only days after Moon’s secured President Donald Trump’s approval to begin sending food aid to North Korea, and after South Korea also dispatched its unification minister on May 8 to a joint liaison office situated in North Korea in an attempt to restart dialogue, noted Leif-Eric Easley, an associate professor at Ewha Womans University in Seoul.
Some experts say last week’s launch appeared to have involved a short-range ballistic missile, which would contravene multiple United Nations Security Council resolutions, but that has not been confirmed by Seoul or Washington. Ballistic missiles arc up high into the atmosphere and are considered more dangerous than low-flying cruise missiles because they travel quickly, can hit distant targets and are harder to intercept.
On Wednesday, just before the latest launch, North Korea’s Foreign Ministry argued that last week’s test was “regular and self-defensive.” In a separate statement, North Korea’s military also noted that the “flying objects” had fallen into the country’s own territorial waters and argued they did not threaten other countries. It called South Korea’s criticism brazen-faced nonsense.
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