NKorea fires missile ahead of SKorea polls

By Agence France-Presse

Mar 06, 2022 12:32 am

SEOUL, South Korea: North Korea fired a suspected ballistic missile on Saturday, Seoul's military said, continuing this year's record-breaking blitz of weapons tests with a launch just days before South Korea's presidential election.

From hypersonic to medium-range ballistic missiles, Pyongyang test-fired a string of weaponry last January and launched last week what it claimed was a component of a 'reconnaissance satellite,' but Seoul described it as another ballistic missile.

People watch a television screen showing a news broadcast with file footage of a North Korean missile test, at a railway station in Seoul on February 27, 2022, after North Korea fired an unidentified projectile according to the South's military. (Photo by Jung Yeon-je / AFP)

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