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North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles into the sea on Thursday hours after US Vice President Kamala Harris flew home from a visit to South Korea.
It was the third round of missile launches by North Korea this week, extending a record pace in weapons testing as the country accelerates a push to expand its arsenal and pressure Washington to accept it as a nuclear power, reports Aljazeera.
United States Joint Chiefs of Staff said, “South Korean military detected two short-range ballistic missiles fired from Sunchon, South Pyongan province, toward the east coast between 8:48 pm and 8:57 pm amid strengthened surveillance and vigilance, our military maintains full preparedness while working closely with the US.”
On the other hand, Japan’s military said it also detected a launch. North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles on Wednesday, while Harris was in Japan, and fired one before she left Washington on Sunday.
Kamala Harris earlier capped her four-day trip to Asia with a meeting with South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol and a stop at the Demilitarised Zone (DMZ) dividing the Korean Peninsula, where she addressed the threat posed by the increasingly hostile North Korea.
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