South Korea announced Thursday (July 25th) that Pyongyang fired two unidentified "missiles". "I can confirm that it was short-range," said an AFP official, speaking on condition of anonymity. He did not say when the shooting was done.
The staff of South Korean armies, quoted by South Korea's Yonhap News Agency, said North Korea fired an unidentified "missile". Seoul then said that a second projectile had been launched.
"Our army is closely following the situation in the event of additional fire and is ready to react," said the South Korean staff.
Not an element of "break" for Trump
Precision on the range of the craft is important, Donald Trump having said in the past that short-range gear would not affect the negotiations with Pyongyang.
"I do not see it as a break in the relationship of trust at all, at a certain point it could happen, but at this point, no," he said in May after North Korean missile fire. "It was very short-range missiles, something very standard," he insisted.
Last week, North Korea had hinted that it could reconsider its moratorium on its ballistic and nuclear tests, due to the announced resumption of military exercises between Washington and Seoul.
Last month, Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un agreed, during an impromptu meeting in the demilitarized zone that divides the peninsula, to resume talks after months of deadlock. But no meeting has taken place for the time between the two parties.
With AFP