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North Korea has launched yet another ballistic missile, according to the Japanese Coastguard. <\/p>\n
The Japanese authorities are advising ships in the area to avoid rocket debris and instead promptly notify officials.<\/p>\n
North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un has instructed the country’s military to maintain perpetual war readiness in order to fight a suspected invasion. <\/p>\n
North Korea sees joint military exercises between the United States and South Korea as a dress rehearsal for an invasion.<\/p>\n
South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff confirmed the launch on Wednesday but released no further information, such as the missile’s flight distance.<\/p>\n
Read More <\/strong> ‘I visited North Korea to see nukes 7 times and couldn’t believe what I found’<\/strong><\/p>\n Earlier on Wednesday, the US deployed a B-1B bomber to the Korean Peninsula as part of joint training operations with South Korea.<\/p>\n These drills are taking place in conjunction with the biennial US-South Korean computer-simulated command post exercise known as “Ulchi Freedom Shield.”<\/p>\n North Korea’s intense testing campaign has prompted the US and South Korea to widen their exercises, resume joint training with Japan, and increase the frequency of US strategic assets’ presence on the Korean Peninsula.<\/p>\n The United States despatched a nuclear-capable submarine to South Korea in July, the first time such an event occurred in forty years.<\/p>\n Don’t miss… <\/strong> During a speech commemorating the nation’s Navy Day on Monday, Kim communicated that the waters surrounding the Korean Peninsula had been rendered unstable, bearing the risk of a nuclear conflict due to hostilities led by the United States. <\/p>\n This information was reported by the official Korean Central News Agency.<\/p>\n He accused the U.S. of intensifying naval exercises alongside its partners and deploying strategic assets in the vicinity of the Korean Peninsula. <\/p>\n Kim also referenced a recent summit involving the U.S., South Korea, and Japan, wherein an agreement to enhance defence collaboration was reached as a countermeasure to North Korea’s nuclear program.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info<\/p>\n Kim referred to U.S. President Joe Biden, South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida as the “leaders of the three countries.”<\/p>\n “The continued provocation and continued violation of multiple critical U.N. security resolutions by North Korea will only strengthen the trilateral security cooperation,\u201d Cho said.<\/p>\n He made the comments Tuesday in an appearance at the Center for Strategic and International Studies with Tomita Koji, Japan\u2019s ambassador to the U.S., and Kurt Campbell, a top adviser to Biden on Indo-Pacific affairs.<\/p>\n Tuesday\u2019s South Korean-U.S.-Japanese drills in international waters off South Korea\u2019s southern Jeju island involved naval destroyers from the three countries. The training was aimed at mastering procedures for detecting, tracking and sharing information about incoming North Korean missiles, South Korea\u2019s navy said in a statement.<\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/78\/590x\/secondary\/North-Korea-fires-alleged-ballistic-missile-4934987.jpg?r=1693413708482\")
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