[Breaking News] North Korea launches ballistic missile for the first time in 8 days... Responding to ‘strengthening of U.S. extended deterrence’

North Korea launched an unknown ballistic missile into the East Sea today (17th), the Joint Chiefs of Staff said.

The military is analyzing detailed specifications such as missile launch location, speed, flight distance, and altitude.

North Korea fired a short-range ballistic missile (SRBM) into the East Sea from Sukcheon, South Pyongan Province at 3:31 pm on the 9th, and launched a provocation eight days later.

"The more the US concentrates on 'strengthening the provision of extended deterrence' and strengthens its provocative and pretentious military activities on the Korean Peninsula and in the region, the more fierce our military response will be in direct proportion to it," said Foreign Minister Choe Son-hui. “It was made right after the announcement of the statement.

Previously, Foreign Minister Choi said, "A few days ago, the US, Japan, and South Korea held a three-way summit meeting and concluded that our legitimate and due military countermeasures triggered by their aggressive war exercises were 'provocations', and 'strengthening the provision of extended deterrence'. ' and 'strong and resolute response'."

This is President Seok-Yeol Yoon, US President Joe Biden, and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida criticizing the results of the three-party talks on the occasion of the ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations)-related summit in Phnom Penh, Cambodia on the 13th.

At the time, through a joint statement adopted at the meeting, the three countries said, "We will cooperate to strengthen extended deterrence against North Korea," and "If North Korea conducts a nuclear test, it will face a strong and decisive response from the international community."

The three countries also expressed their willingness to share real-time information on North Korean missiles, and at the Korea-US summit held following, President Yoon and President Biden shared concerns about North Korean provocations, so North Korea launched a provocation again targeting South Korea-US and South Korea-US-Japan cooperation. It is interpreted as

Prior to this, North Korea fired about 35 missiles, including one that fell south of the Northern Limit Line (NLL) for the first time in history, from the 2nd to the 5th during the large-scale ROK-US joint air drill 'Vigilant Storm'. I have objected.