North Korea launched two ballistic missiles in the early hours of Thursday. This was announced by the Japanese government, explaining that the test of ‘two unidentified bullets’ took place shortly after 7 am local time (midnight in Italy), and the missiles landed in the sea of Japan, just outside the exclusive economic zone of Tokyo. .
North Korean missile test, Biden: “Not much has changed”
This is Pyongyang’s first launch in nearly a year and the first of its kind since the administration of US President Joe Biden took office. The developments come a few days after the military exercises carried out in the area by the US command in collaboration with South Korea and the visit of the US Secretary of State Antony Blinken together with the Minister of Defense, Lloyd Austin, first in Tokyo and then in Seoul, to strengthen relations with allied countries.
During the diplomatic meetings, Blinken stressed the importance of a process of denuclearization of the Korean peninsula. Statements that have been called “rambling theories of a North Korean threat, based on baseless rhetoric” by Pyongyang’s Deputy Defense Minister, Choe Son Hui. Washington intends to re-establish negotiations with the hermit country but has reported that initial attempts at a confrontation have so far been ignored.
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