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Japan's National Security 2 (Nuclear North Korea and J-K Relations)

North Korea fired two suspected short-range ballistic missiles off its east coast on Saturday in the seventh weapons launch in a month, South Korea's military said, a day after it vowed to remain America's biggest threat in protest of U.S.-led sanctions.

This Saturday, Aug. 24, 2019, photo provided Sunday, Aug. 25, by the North Korean government, shows North (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP) Source: Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP

Associate Professor, Dr Michito Tsuruoka from Keio University talked about difference between Japan and USA in North Korea's missile testing. He also warned of current relations between Japan and South Korea.


 

A photo released by the official North Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) shows the successful launch from a submarine of a Pukguksong-3, a new-type ballistic missile by the Academy of Defence Science of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, in the wa
A launch from a submarine of a Pukguksong-3 in the waters off Wonsan Bay of the East Sea of Korea, 02 October 2019. EPA/KCNA EDITORIAL USE ONLY Source: AAP Image/EPA/KCNA

A photo released by the official North Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) shows the successful launch from a submarine of a Pukguksong-3, a new-type ballistic missile by the Academy of Defence Science of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, in the waters off Wonsan Bay of the East Sea of Korea, 02 October 2019. According to South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS), North Korea again fired balistic missiles toward the East Sea ahead of the envisioned resumption of the stalled denuclearization talks with the United States.

 

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