North Korean shooting “constitutes a territorial invasion,” said the South Korean president, Yoon Suk-Yeol.
Le Monde with AFP
The South Korean army said it had drawn three precision air-ground missiles on Wednesday November 2 in response to the North Korean missile shot that has fallen near the South Korean waters earlier during the day.
The missiles were fired in the waters “near the northern limit line at a distance corresponding to the area where the North Korean missile has struck,” she said in a press release, adding that this gesture shows that Seoul would “severely respond to any provocation”.
North Korea shot at least ten missiles of various types on Wednesday. One of them fell near the South Korean territorial waters, causing a rare alarm for the air raid on an island off the eastern coast of South Korea.
“The launch of North Korean missile is very unusual and unacceptable, since it fell near the South Korean territorial waters south of the northern limit line, for the first time since the peninsula has Find divided, “said Kang Shin-Chul, director of operations for the joint staff at a press conference. It “constitutes a territorial invasion”, estimates the South Korean president. Yoon Suk-Yeol convened a meeting of the National Security Council about this launch, one of the most “aggressive and threatening” for several years, believe analysts.
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One of the missiles landed in waters located only 57 kilometers (35 miles) east of the South Korean continent, said the South Korean army. In an alert broadcast on national television, the South Korean authorities asked the inhabitants of the island of Ulleungdo “to evacuate towards the nearest underground shelter”.
Japan has also confirmed the launch of alleged North Korean ballistic missiles, its coast guard recommending that ships be careful. Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said he wanted to “keep a meeting on national security as soon as possible” due to “the increase in tensions in the Korean peninsula”.
Seoul and Washington are currently organizing the largest joint air exercise in their history, called “vigilant storm” (vigilant Storm), in which hundreds of war aircraft of the two armies participate. Pyongyang has multiplied the missile launches in retaliation for a few days.