NKorea fires missile ahead of US-SKorea war drills

By Agence France-Presse

Mar 11, 2023 12:17 am

SEOUL: North Korea fired a short-range ballistic missile Thursday, Seoul's military said, in Pyongyang's latest show of force just days before South Korea and the United States kick off major joint military exercises.

Pyongyang's KCNA news outlet said hours later that leader Kim Jong Un was on the ground to witness 'a powerful volley' by an artillery unit 'ready to respond to actual war.

ARMED AFFRONT A man walks past a television showing a news broadcast with file footage of a North Korean missile test, at a railway station in Seoul on March 9, 2023. North Korea fired a short-range ballistic missile on March 9, Seoul's military said, Pyongyang's latest show of force just days before South Korea and the United States kick off major joint military exercises. AFP PHOTO

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