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North Korea fired an "unidentified projectile" into the sea off its eastern coast, the South Korean army said on Tuesday, just as Pyongyang asserted before the UN its "legitimate right" to test weapons. weapons.
No other details have yet been released by South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff.
At the same time, North Korean Ambassador to the UN Kim Song said his country has the "legitimate right" to test weapons and "strengthen (its) defense capabilities".
"No one can deny our right to self-defense," insisted the North Korean diplomat at the United Nations General Assembly, calling on the United States to cease their "hostile policy" towards his country.
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This is the third shot taken by North Korea this month.
The first involved a long-range cruise missile and the second a short-range ballistic missile.
This launch comes a few days after Kim Yo-jong, the influential sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, hinted at the possibility of a summit between the two Koreas, while demanding beforehand that Seoul abandon its " hostile policy ”.
The remarks were in response to recent calls by South Korean President Moon Jae-in to declare an official end to the inter-Korean conflict of 1950-53 which ended in a truce, not a peace treaty, leaving both sides technically at war for more than half a century.
The launch of the "projectile" also occurs on the day of the opening of a session of the Supreme People's Assembly, the North Korean parliament.
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