North Korea Fires More Than 10 Ballistic Missiles Into East Sea After 17 Days (Comprehensive)

North Korea launched short-range ballistic missiles into the East Sea on October 29, 17 days after launching ballistic missiles on October 12.

News reports on North Korea's ballistic missile launch are being broadcast at Seoul Station on the 12th. Yonhap News Agency

The Joint Chiefs of Staff said, "At around 12:30 p.m. on October 29, our military detected around 10 short-range ballistic missiles launched from the Wonsan area of North Korea toward the East Sea."

It added, "Our military has strengthened surveillance and vigilance in preparation for additional launches, while South Korea, the United States and Japan are closely sharing information related to North Korea's ballistic missiles and maintaining a full state of readiness." South Korean and U.S. intelligence authorities are conducting a detailed analysis of the missiles' specifications and flight distances.

Japan's Ministry of Defense also announced that North Korea had launched an object believed to be a ballistic missile and that it appeared to have fallen outside Japan's exclusive economic zone (EEZ).

This launch came 17 days after the previous one on October 12. At that time, North Korea launched several ballistic missiles from the Pyongyang area toward the East Sea. Some of the detected missiles flew more than 900 km. North Korea later said through its state media that it had test-fired tactical ballistic missiles.

Meanwhile, on October 28 local time, the 11 member countries of the Multilateral Sanctions Monitoring Team (MSMT), including South Korea and the United States, and the European Union (EU) reaffirmed their commitment to coordinate sanctions against North Korea in a joint statement.

The statement said that the United States, Australia and the EU had sanctioned individuals this month for their involvement in North Korea's use of overseas workers, malicious cyber activities and illegal North Korea-Russia cooperation. It said the measures were intended to curb North Korea's ability to support the illicit development of weapons of mass destruction and ballistic missiles, and to disrupt military cooperation between North Korea and Russia. The participating countries and the EU reaffirmed their commitment to the complete, verifiable and irreversible denuclearization of North Korea and urged all UN member states, particularly the permanent members of the Security Council, to implement UN resolutions on North Korea.

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