North Korea ‘fires two missiles in first test of the year’

Addis Ababa, March 2, 2020 (FBC) -North Korea has launched two unidentified projectiles, South Korea’s military says, in its first apparent weapons test of the year.

The projectiles were launched from the North’s east coast towards the Sea of Japan, also known as the East Sea.

South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said they were “believed to be short-range ballistic missiles”.

Last May saw the first missile tests after an 18-month freeze. As the year progressed, many more followed.

North Korea, which has historically stepped up missile testing in the spring, carried out its last test in November.

Monday’s test comes just days after South Korea and the US announced they were postponing the annual joint drills that anger the North, amid concern over the coronavirus.

The last time North Korea conducted a missile test was in November 2019 – when it said it was testing a “super-large multiple-rocket launcher”.

Source: BBC