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NORTH KOREA SAYS IT TESTED A CRUISE MISSILE, FLAUNTING NEW NUCLEAR-CAPABLE
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A TV screen shows a report of North Korea’s cruise missiles with file footage
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Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2024. South Korea’s military says North Korea fired several
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waters off its western coast, adding to a provocative run of weapons
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24, 2024. South Korea’s military says North Korea fired several cruise missiles
into waters off its western coast, adding to a provocative run of weapons
demonstrations in the face of deepening nuclear tensions with the United States,
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near the border with North Korea, Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2024. South Korea’s
military says North Korea fired several cruise missiles into waters off its
western coast, adding to a provocative run of weapons demonstrations in the face
of deepening nuclear tensions with the United States, South Korea and Japan. (AP
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South Korean army soldiers gather next to their armored vehicles during a
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Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2024. South Korea’s military says North Korea fired several
cruise missiles into waters off its western coast, adding to a provocative run
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A TV screen shows a report of North Korea’s cruise missiles with file footage
during a news program at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea,
Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2024. South Korea’s military says North Korea fired several
cruise missiles into waters off its western coast, adding to a provocative run
of weapons demonstrations in the face of deepening nuclear tensions with the
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A TV screen shows a report of North Korea’s cruise missiles with file footage
during a news program at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea,
Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2024. South Korea’s military says North Korea fired several
cruise missiles into waters off its western coast, adding to a provocative run
of weapons demonstrations in the face of deepening nuclear tensions with the
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A TV screen shows a report of North Korea’s cruise missiles with file footage
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Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2024. South Korea’s military says North Korea fired several
cruise missiles into waters off its western coast, adding to a provocative run
of weapons demonstrations in the face of deepening nuclear tensions with the
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A TV screen shows a report of North Korea’s cruise missiles with file footage
during a news program at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea,
Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2024. South Korea’s military says North Korea fired several
cruise missiles into waters off its western coast, adding to a provocative run
of weapons demonstrations in the face of deepening nuclear tensions with the
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A TV screen shows a report of North Korea’s cruise missiles with file footage
during a news program at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea,
Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2024. South Korea’s military says North Korea fired several
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waters off its western coast, adding to a provocative run of weapons
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South Korean army’s armored vehicles are seen during a military exercise in
Paju, South Korea, near the border with North Korea, Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2024.
South Korea’s military says North Korea fired several cruise missiles into
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FILE - This photo shows the Arch of Reunification, a monument to symbolize the
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Sept. 11, 2018. The monument appeared gone in satellite images taken by Planet
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FILE - This photo shows the Arch of Reunification, a monument to symbolize the
hope for eventual reunification of the two Koreas, in Pyongyang, North Korea, on
Sept. 11, 2018. The monument appeared gone in satellite images taken by Planet
Labs Tuesday morning, although it was unclear exactly when or how it was taken
down, said NK News, a North Korea-focused news site. The Associated Press
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This satellite image from Planet Labs PBC appears to show the Pyongyang’s
Monument to the Three Charters for National Reunification, which was also
commonly called the Arch of Reunification, destroyed in Pyongyang, North Korea,
Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2024. The monument appears to have been destroyed as tensions
on the Korean Peninsula have increased in recent months and as North Korean
leader Kim Jong Un called the monument an “eyesore.” (Planet Labs PBC via AP)
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This satellite image from Planet Labs PBC appears to show the Pyongyang’s
Monument to the Three Charters for National Reunification, which was also
commonly called the Arch of Reunification, destroyed in Pyongyang, North Korea,
Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2024. The monument appears to have been destroyed as tensions
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leader Kim Jong Un called the monument an “eyesore.” (Planet Labs PBC via AP)
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24, 2024. South Korea’s military says North Korea fired several cruise missiles
into waters off its western coast, adding to a provocative run of weapons
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South Korean army soldiers pass by their armored vehicles during a military
exercise in Paju, South Korea, near the border with North Korea, Wednesday, Jan.
24, 2024. South Korea’s military says North Korea fired several cruise missiles
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South Korean army soldiers move during a military exercise in Paju, South Korea,
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cruise missiles into waters off its western coast, adding to a provocative run
of weapons demonstrations in the face of deepening nuclear tensions with the
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missiles.” (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
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cruise missiles into waters off its western coast, adding to a provocative run
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A TV screen shows a report of North Korea’s cruise missiles with file footage
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Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2024. South Korea’s military says North Korea fired several
cruise missiles into waters off its western coast, adding to a provocative run
of weapons demonstrations in the face of deepening nuclear tensions with the
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A TV screen shows a report of North Korea’s cruise missiles with file footage
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By KIM TONG-HYUNG and JIWON SONG
Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year] Updated
4:39 AM WET, January 25, 2024
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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea said Thursday it conducted its first
flight test of a new cruise missile, as it expands its military capabilities in
the face of deepening tensions with the United States and neighbors.
The report in state media came a day after South Korea’s military said it
detected the North firing several cruise missiles into waters off its western
coast. It didn’t immediately provide more details about the numbers of missiles
fired or their flight characteristics.
The North’s official Korean Central News Agency said the Pulhwasal-3-31 missile
is still in its development phase and that the launch did not pose a threat to
neighbors. It described the missile as “strategic,” implying an intent to arm
them with nuclear weapons.
Lee Sung Joon, spokesperson of South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff, said that
the missiles flew a shorter distance than previous North Korean cruise missile
launches, which he said suggested that the North was trying to improve the
performance of existing systems.
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rivals’ naval drills
The cruise missile launches were North Korea’s second known launch event of the
year, following a Jan. 14 test-firing of the country’s first solid-fuel
intermediate-range ballistic missile, which reflected its efforts to advance its
lineup of weapons targeting U.S. military bases in Japan and Guam.
Yang Uk, an analyst at Seoul’s Asan Institute for Policy Studies, said North
Korea is trying to highlight its diversifying arsenal of nuclear-capable weapons
to increase pressure on rivals. But the recent displays of new weapons systems
came amid a slowdown in tests of short-range ballistic missiles, which could
indicate inventory shortages as North Korea continues its alleged arms transfers
to Russia, Yang said.
U.S. and South Korean officials have accused North Korea of providing artillery
shells, missiles and other supplies to Russia for its war in Ukraine, possibly
in exchange for economic assistance and military technology.
Kim, who traveled to a Russian space launch center in September for a summit
with Putin, has been taking aggressive steps to strengthen ties with Moscow as
he tries to break out of isolation and join a united front against Washington.
Both Pyongyang and Moscow have denied that North Korea was sending weapons to
Russia.
North Korea’s cruise missiles are among its growing arsenal of weapons aimed at
overwhelming missile defenses in South Korea and Japan. They supplement the
country’s huge lineup of ballistic missiles, including intercontinental
ballistic missiles designed to reach the U.S. mainland.
While North Korean cruise missile activities aren’t directly banned under U.N.
sanctions, experts say those weapons potentially pose a serious threat to South
Korea and Japan. They are designed to be harder to detect by radar, and North
Korea claims they are nuclear-capable and their range is up to 2,000 kilometers
(1,242 miles), a distance that would include U.S. military bases in Japan.
Since 2021, North Korea has conducted at least 10 rounds of tests of what it
described as long-range cruise missiles fired from both land and sea.
Tensions in the region have increased in recent months as Kim continues to
accelerate his weapons development and make provocative threats of nuclear
conflict with the United States and its Asian allies. In response, the United
States, South Korea and Japan have been expanding their combined military
exercises, which Kim condemns as invasion rehearsals and has used as a pretext
to further ramp up his military demonstrations.
There are concerns that Kim could dial up pressure in an election year in the
United States and South Korea.
South Korean experts and officials say Kim’s weapons drive has put further
strain on a broken economy, crippled by decades of mismanagement and U.S.-led
sanctions over his nuclear ambitions.
In a separate report, KCNA said Kim during a two-day ruling party meeting held
through Wednesday criticized officials for failing to provide enough of “basic
living necessities including condiments, foodstuff and consumption goods” to
people living in the countryside and less developed cities and towns.
Kim called the meeting to discuss a 10-year project he announced last week to
promote more balanced regional development, which includes a goal of building
modern factories in every county nationwide.
Satellite images analyzed by The Associated Press this week suggest North Korea
has torn down a huge arch in its capital that symbolized reconciliation with
South Korea, a week after Kim dismissed decades of hopes for peaceful
reunification with the war-divided peninsula’s south.
Kim last week described the Pyongyang monument as an “eyesore” and called for
its removal while declaring that the North was abandoning long-standing goals of
a peaceful unification with South Korea and ordered a rewriting of the North’s
constitution to define the South as its most hostile foreign adversary. He
accused South Korea of acting as “top-class stooges” of the Americans and
repeated a threat that he would use his nukes to annihilate the South if
provoked.
Analysts say North Korea could be aiming to diminish South Korea’s voice in the
regional nuclear standoff and eventually force direct dealings with Washington
as it looks to cement its nuclear status.
___
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KIM TONG-HYUNG
Kim has been covering the Koreas for the AP since 2014. He has published widely
read stories on North Korea’s nuclear ambitions, the dark side of South Korea’s
economic rise and international adoptions of Korean children.
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