{"id":28009,"date":"2016-08-24T03:04:14","date_gmt":"2016-08-24T03:04:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/n-korea-fires-submarine-launched-ballistic\/"},"modified":"2016-08-24T03:04:10","modified_gmt":"2016-08-24T03:04:10","slug":"n-korea-fires-submarine-launched-ballistic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/n-korea-fires-submarine-launched-ballistic\/","title":{"rendered":"N Korea &#8216;fires&#8217; submarine-launched ballistic missile"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>{Latest test, which was reportedly carried out off North Korea&#8217;s east coast, comes amid escalating cross-border tensions.}<\/p>\n<p>North Korea has fired a submarine-launched ballistic missile off its east coast, according to South Korea&#8217;s military, the latest in a string of missile launches by Pyongyang in defiance of UN Security Council resolutions.<\/p>\n<p>The missile was test-fired at around 530am (08:30 GMT) on Wednesday near the coastal city of Sinpo, where satellite imagery shows a submarine base is located, an official at South Korea&#8217;s Joint Chiefs of Staff said.<\/p>\n<p>Yoshihide Suga, Japan&#8217;s Chief Cabinet Secretary, said the projectile reached Japan&#8217;s air defence identification zone (ADIZ) &#8211; an area of control designated by countries to help maintain air security.<\/p>\n<p>The launch comes two days after South Korea and the US began annual military exercises that North Korea condemned as a preparation for invasion, and has threatened retaliation.<\/p>\n<p>China&#8217;s Xinhua news agency said the launch could be seen as a response to the drills, calling the exercises &#8220;a dangerous game.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>North Korea has become further isolated after a January nuclear test, its fourth, and the launch of a long-range rocket in February brought tightened UN sanctions.<\/p>\n<p>It has launched numerous missiles of various types this year, including one this month that landed in or near Japanese-controlled waters.<\/p>\n<p>Tensions on the Korean peninsula were exacerbated by the recent defectionof North Korea&#8217;s deputy ambassador in London to South Korea, an embarrassing setback to the regime of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-14493 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/ebbce7501fb14638911e4ab6a2ef97eb_18.jpg\" alt=\"An underwater test-firing of a North Korean strategic submarine ballistic missile\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>{Latest test, which was reportedly carried out off North Korea&#8217;s east coast, comes amid escalating cross-border tensions.} North Korea has fired a submarine-launched ballistic missile off its east coast, according to South Korea&#8217;s military, the latest in a string of missile launches by Pyongyang in defiance of UN Security Council resolutions. 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