Wednesday 25 May, 2022
The launch comes as US President Joe Biden concluded a trip to South Korea and Japan.
North Korea’s Kim Jong Un has conducted a blitz of sanctions-busting weapons tests this year.
The country reported 232,880 new cases of “fever” as of Tuesday evening, bringing the total number to 1.72 million with 62 deaths.
Failing to slow the virus could have dire consequences for North Korea.
North Korea has no Covid vaccines, antiviral treatment drugs or mass-testing capacity.
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The country had previously held for more than two years to the widely doubted claim that it had kept the virus out.
Experts have warned the virus could be devastating in a country with a broken health care system.
The country had never admitted to a case of the virus and had imposed a rigid coronavirus blockade of its borders since 2020.
Moon Jae-in leaves office tomorrow following a single five-year term.
The US State Department warned that Pyongyang could be preparing for a nuclear test “as early as next month”.
The North Korean leader made the remarks in a speech he delivered during a military parade.
North Korea claimed to have successfully test-fired a Hwasong-17 missile and released a promotional-style video.
North Korea appeared to test-fire its biggest intercontinental ballistic missile to date this week.
The launch extended a barrage of weapons demonstrations this year.
Four shots were fired into western waters during a span of an hour from 7.20am.
South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said it detected a single launch of a presumed ballistic missile from an area near the North Korean capital.
The reported flight details make it the most powerful missile North Korea has tested since 2017.
The country has been ramping up tests in recent months of new missiles designed to overwhelm missile defences in the region.
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South Korea said it detected the North firing two missiles into the sea in its third weapons launch this month.
The early-morning launch came as the UN Security Council met in New York to discuss last week’s test.
The launch followed a speech by Kim Jong Un last week in which he said North Korea would continue to build up its military capabilities.
More than 30,000 people have fled to South Korea in the decades since the Korean War, but crossings to the North are rare.
Moon Jae-in said he will continue to push for peace through dialogue and diplomacy.
Last Tuesday, North Korea fired a newly developed ballistic missile from a submarine.
The launch came soon after the US pledged to resume diplomacy over Pyongyang’s nuclear weapons programme.
From TheJournal.ie
Kim Jong Un called for improved living conditions in a speech on the anniversary of the founding of the ruling Workers’ Party.
Pyongyang resumed missile tests in September after a six-month hiatus.
The Korean Central News Agency said the missile met key technical requirements set out by defence scientists.
It is the latest in a series of mixed messages from Pyongyang, coming days after the rogue state dangled the prospect of an inter-Korean summit.
North Korea calls the complex “the heart” of its nuclear programme.
Kim Yo Jong criticised the South Korean president for describing North Korean weapons demonstrations as a provocation.
The reactor referred to in a report produces plutonium, one of the two key ingredients used to build nuclear weapons.
Diplomats said yesterday that France, Estonia, Ireland, Norway and Britain asked for a closed-door meeting of the council to be held on Tuesday.
Pyongyang is pushing to bolster the country’s military power.
US officials played it down as not a violation of UN resolutions.
Malaysia gave North Korean diplomats 48 hours to leave the country.
Kim Yo Jong warned Washington against further provocations if it wants a ‘good night’s sleep for the next four years’.
