{"id":53404,"date":"2024-01-28T10:29:57","date_gmt":"2024-01-28T10:29:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/north-korea-fires-cruise-missiles-off-east-coast\/"},"modified":"2024-01-28T10:29:57","modified_gmt":"2024-01-28T10:29:57","slug":"north-korea-fires-cruise-missiles-off-east-coast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/north-korea-fires-cruise-missiles-off-east-coast\/","title":{"rendered":"North Korea fires cruise missiles off east coast"},"content":{"rendered":"

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North Korea fired multiple cruise missiles off its east coast on Sunday, its second such launch in less than a week, South Korea\u2019s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said.<\/p>\n

The missiles were launched at around 2300 GMT on Saturday and were being analysed by South Korean and US intelligence authorities, the JCS said, without specifying how many missiles were fired or how far they travelled.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile strengthening surveillance and vigilance, our military is cooperating closely with the United States and monitoring additional signs and activities from North Korea,\u201d it said in a statement.<\/p>\n

The latest launches came days after North Korea fired what it called a new strategic cruise missile called \u201cPulhwasal-3-31\u201d, suggesting it is nuclear capable.<\/p>\n

North Korea is stepping up confrontation<\/a> with the United States and its allies, but officials in Washington and Seoul say they have spotted no signs Pyongyang intends to take imminent military action.<\/p>\n

Pyongyang is likely to continue or even increase provocative steps, officials and analysts say, after it made strides in ballistic missile development, bolstered cooperation with Russia and China, and scrapped its decades-long goal of peacefully reuniting with South Korea.<\/p>\n

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