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S. Korea says N. Korea has fired more projectiles into sea

2019-08-16 09:32:51       source:Associated Press News

August 16, 2019


SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s military said North Korea fired more projectiles into the sea Friday to extend a recent streak of weapons tests believed to be aimed at pressuring Washington and Seoul over slow nuclear diplomacy.


South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said projectiles were twice launched from an area on the North’s eastern coast, but didn’t immediately say what the weapons were, how many were launched or how far they flew.


It was North Korea’s sixth round of weapons launches since late July when it began stepping up its weapons demonstrations while expressing frustration over stalemated nuclear negotiations with the United States and continuance of U.S.-South Korea joint military drills that the North sees as an invasion rehearsal.


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