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North Korea Fires 5 Short-Range Missiles Into The Sea

North Korea launched two medium-range Rodong missiles this month, one of which landed on the Sea of Japan while the other disappeared from the radar.

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North Korea fired five short-range missiles into the sea today, the weapons landing in waters about 120 miles off the coast.

“North Korea has launched 15 different projectiles on four different dates since firing the long-range missile on February 7”.

“We hope North Korea does not do anything to contravene UN Security Council resolutions”.

The two allies are fully committed to implementing the UN sanctions “with vigour and energy”, said Ambassador Sung Kim, United States special representative for North Korea policy, after his meeting in Seoul yesterday with his South Korean counterpart Kim Hong Kyun and the US State Department’s coordinator for sanctions policy Daniel Fried.

North Korea has responded by dropping its own leaflets over the border, attacking South Korean President Park Geun-hye.

In response to the US / S. Korean joint exercises, N. Korean state media – Korean Central News Agency – reported that Kim Jong-un oversaw military drills at unknown locations along his regimes coastline, with the scenario predicated around the repelling of a foreign incursion.

Carter’s statement issued on Friday comes on the heels of Pyongyang’s latest ballistic missile tests, angering Washington and South Korea.

A group of North Korean defector activists plan to launch an anti-Pyongyang propaganda campaign in commemoration of the sinking of the South Korean warship Cheonan.

The defence ministry also reiterated its assessment that the North was ready to carry out another test as soon as the leadership gave the order.

The South Korean organization Fighters For Free North Korea said it expects to launch 500,000 anti-North leaflets using 20 helium balloons on Saturday, local news service CBS No Cut News reported Monday.

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The North revealed images of amphibious training in 2013 with signs showing areas under “enemy” occupation.

A screen capture of North Korean vessels taken from Yonhap News Television