North Korea conducted a failure to launch missiles into the Sea of Japan

South Korea's Joint Chief of Staff (JCS) reported today that the North Korean army fired an “unidentified shell”, which is believed to have failed shortly after takeoff.

Shortly after Japan warned of what it believed to be a ballistic missile test, the JCS explained in a brief statement that the launch took place in the Suan region where Pyongyang airport is located, and that the regime carried out two launches on February 27 and March 5.

Washington, Seoul and Tokyo claimed that two previous tests in Suan were aimed at testing new ICBM technology.

Earlier, Japan's Ministry of Defense said there was news that North Korea seemed to have launched a new ballistic missile. A spokesperson for the said portfolio told public broadcaster NHK.

The Ministry of Education is gathering more information and investigating whether these launches will cause harm to Japan, as the military authorities do.

According to Washington and Seoul, if the launch is confirmed, North Korea's last two tests on February 27 and March 5 could be tests aimed at testing ICBM technology, which they believe they have this goal.

North Korea launched a series of unidentified missile launches into the Sea of Japan, also known as the Sea of Japan, which has intensified since the beginning of 2022.

The last test took place in early March. The Joint Chief of Staff (JCS) reported that Pyongyang had released the ninth shell before this year in a brief statement sent to reporters, but did not reveal details of the exercise.

In recent years, North Korea's Kim Jong-un regime has tested increasingly sophisticated projectiles, including supersonic missiles, making it difficult to identify countries in the region and potentially intercept them.

Under Trump's successor, Biden, the United States has repeatedly announced its willingness to meet with North Korean representatives, but Pyongyang refused.

Experts pointed out that Pyongyang could conduct major weapons tests on the following key date, the 110th anniversary of the birth of former leader Kim Il Sung on April 15. The latest satellite images analyzed by the specialized website 38 North suggest that the country may be preparing a military parade to display weapons on the occasion of an important anniversary.

(Including information from AFP and Effie)

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