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“Early this morning, we detected that North Korea fired two cruise missiles into the West Sea off Onchon, South Pyongan province,” a ministry official told AFP. “U.S. and South Korean military officials are looking into detailed specifications such as flight distance.”
North Korea has not tested a cruise missile – which is not banned by United Nations sanctions against the country – since January, Yonhap news agency reported. The last time Pyongyang conducted a weapons test was on July 10, when it fired what appeared to be several missile launchers.
North Korea has carried out a series of sanctions crackdowns since January, including firing an intercontinental ballistic missile at full range for the first time since 2017. Officials in Washington and Seoul have also warned that the isolated regime is preparing to carry out what would be its seventh nuclear test.
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