North Korea Missile Launch Sends Multiple Rockets Toward The Sea

North Korea – (Special Correspondent/Web Desk) – North Korea missile launch news broke early Saturday, as South Korea’s military said Pyongyang fired several short-range missiles into the sea. The launch came just a day after South Korea, the United States, and Japan wrapped up five days of joint war games at sea.

Officials in Seoul said the missiles rose from the Wonsan area on North Korea’s east coast around 5:20 am. They flew close to 250 kilometers before dropping into the water, known as the East Sea or Sea of Japan.

South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said they tracked the missiles from the very first moment. They also shared the details right away with American and Japanese forces.

This marks North Korea’s first missile test in about three weeks. Experts say Pyongyang often uses these launches to protest military drills it sees as a threat to its safety.

This is not the first time Pyongyang has responded this way. Back in August, North Korea launched a wave of missiles just as South Korea and the US held a shorter version of their yearly military drills.

That earlier launch came even though US President Donald Trump had hinted at a possible meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un sometime this year. Trump had also ordered the drills scaled down, calling them hostile toward the North.

Still, some hope for talks remains. South Korea’s spy agency recently told lawmakers that signs of dialogue between Washington and Pyongyang are growing, and a summit could happen at any time.

Trump met Kim three times during his first term. Those meetings made headlines around the world, yet no real deal on North Korea’s nuclear program ever came out of them.

Kim Yo Jong, the sister of the North Korean leader, has also spoken out. She criticized the South’s close ties with Washington, calling it a disaster born from an outdated way of thinking.

For now, the US and its allies say there is no immediate threat from this latest missile test. But it shows that tension in the region has not eased at all.