NK fires missiles in US-South drill ire
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North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles into the sea and vowed 鈥渕erciless鈥 retaliation yesterday as the United States and South Korea kicked off joint military drills denounced by Pyongyang as recklessly confrontational.
The annual exercises always trigger a surge in military tensions and warlike rhetoric on the divided peninsula.
The missile launches came with a stern warning from the nuclear-armed (North) Korean People鈥檚 Army that this year鈥檚 military drills would bring the peninsula 鈥渢oward the brink of war.鈥
South Korea鈥檚 defense ministry said the Scud missiles were fired from the western port city of Nampo and fell into the sea off the east coast 鈥 a distance of nearly 500 kilometers.
United Nations resolutions ban any ballistic missile test by North Korea, and South Korean defense ministry spokesman Kim Min-seok said that Pyongyang appeared intent on triggering a 鈥渟ecurity crisis.鈥
鈥淲e will respond sternly and strongly to any provocation,鈥 Kim said.
Japan said it had issued a strong protest to North Korea given the danger such missile launches posed to aviation and shipping, while China urged the two Koreas to exercise restraint.
鈥淭he situation on the Korean peninsula is again inching close to the brink of a war,鈥 a spokesman for the KPA General Staff was quoted as saying yesterday by North Korea鈥檚 official KCNA news agency.
鈥淭he only means to cope with the aggression and war by the US imperialists and their followers is neither dialogue nor peace. They should be dealt with only by merciless strikes.鈥
North Korea has threatened attacks, including nuclear strikes, on the US before, although it has never demonstrated a missile capability that would encompass the US mainland.
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