Pyongyang continues its provocation. Two days later, on Thursday, North Korea fired a ballistic missile into the Sea of ​​Japan A similar projectile was launched in JapanSouth Korean agency Yonhap reported. North Korea fired “an unidentified ballistic missile into the East Sea,” the Korean name for the Sea of ​​Japan, Yonhap wrote, citing the South Korean military.

The launches were “justified retaliation by the Korean People’s Army Joint military operations “The relationship between South Korea and the United States is leading to an escalation of military tensions on the Korean Peninsula,” the ministry said in a statement.

Security Council meeting

The fresh shooting comes as the UN Security Council meets in New York to discuss Tuesday’s shooting. According to Seoul and Tokyo, the North Korean missile traveled about 4,600 km, possibly the longest distance ever reached. Pyongyang During his tests.

The South Korea The United States responded Wednesday by firing five ballistic missiles — one of which crashed after launch — at hypothetical targets in the Sea of ​​Japan. Yesterday, the air forces of both the countries conducted precision shooting exercises in the Yellow Sea.

Seoul also announced the return to the region of the USS Ronald Reagan, the American nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, which conducted exercises with the South Korean navy in September.

North Korea, which adopted a new doctrine that made its status as a nuclear power “irreversible” in September, has stepped up its firing this year and launched an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) for the first time since 2017.