March 7, 2017

"According to South Korean and Japanese media, North Korea fired four missiles Monday morning. The missiles traveled over 1,000 kilometers, three of them landing in the waters of Japan's exclusive economic zone. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Tokyo has lodged a protest with Pyongyang.

Several Chinese scholars interviewed by the Global Times all agreed that the launch is a response to the ongoing annual US-South Korea joint military exercises, code-named Foal Eagle, which kicked off last week. This year's drills are reportedly the largest in scale. A combined 317,000 military personnel participated in last year's exercises and the figure for this year is higher. "

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