North Korea reportedly resumed artillery drills on Saturday near a disputed maritime border with South Korea, a day after conducting drills near the same border.
“The North's back-to-back firing drills come after North Korean leader Kim Jong Un repeatedly called for stronger preparations for war to deal with what he called a deepening US-led confrontation,” it said. . NPR.
“Experts say North Korea is likely to continue its provocative series of weapons tests to increase its leverage in possible future negotiations with Washington as the US faces November elections,” NPR reported Saturday .
On Saturday #North Korea fired coastal artillery for the second day in a row, firing more than 60 shells near Yeonpyeong Island, Yonhap news agency reported. pic.twitter.com/D5fvCopQPR
— And Chidambaram. (@JaiRam92739628) January 6, 2024
In a statement, South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said North Korea fired more than 60 rounds on Saturday, urged its northern neighbor to stop acts of aggression and warned they would react “with overwhelmingly” to any further provocation by the rogue regime.
The artillery drills came a day after North Korea conducted an original set of artillery drills, firing about 200 shells along the disputed maritime border. In response, South Korea's Ministry of Defense fired 400 rounds after conducting several evacuations.
“Ahead of South Korea's drills, South Korean authorities asked residents of five major islands near the border of the West Sea to evacuate to safe places due to concerns that North Korea would react. The order evacuation order was lifted a few hours later,” notes NPR.
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South Korea fired 400 artillery shells at the maritime border with North Korea in response to the 200 shells fired by North Korea. pic.twitter.com/BFm1KkMzpF
— Globe Eye News (@GlobeEyeNews) January 6, 2024
“We seriously warn that the full responsibility for these escalating crisis situations lies with North Korea and strongly call for its immediate halt,” said South Korean Chief of Staff spokesman Colonel Lee Sung- jun, in a press conference on Friday.
“Under close coordination between South Korea and the United States, our military is monitoring and monitoring the related activity, and will take appropriate measures against North Korea's provocations,” he added.
Both Friday's and Saturday's artillery drills were a violation of a 2018 accord between North and South Korea.
“Effective during a brief rapprochement period, the agreement calls for a halt to live-fire exercises in frontline buffer zones,” notes NPR. “But growing animosity over the launch of the North's first military spy satellite in November has left the military agreement in tatters, with both Koreas taking steps to breach the deal.”
For its part, North Korea has claimed that its artillery drills were carried out in response to a military exercise that the South Korean army carried out earlier in the week.
North Korea warned that it would launch “harsh countermeasures at an unprecedented level” if South Korea attacked or anything like that.
Tensions are rising between North and South Korea, following the alleged provocation on Yeonpyeong Island.
South Korea issues an evacuation order for the 2,000 people living on the Yellow Sea island as North Korea fires 200 artillery shells.
South Korea responded with live artillery… pic.twitter.com/Wjsg9buLfs
— The National Independent (@NationalIndNews) January 5, 2024
NPR notes that North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un recently delivered “fierce and taunting rhetoric against South Korea, saying that South Korea should not be considered a partner for reconciliation or unification.”
As such, he ordered his military to use all available resources, including nuclear weapons, to conquer South Korea should war break out.
North Korea has reportedly conducted more than 100 missile tests aimed at South Korea and the United States since 2022, prompting both countries to conduct their own training exercises. This, in turn, has convinced Kim Jong Un that both countries are preparing to invade.
All this comes amid reports that Russia is now using North Korean missiles in its battle against Ukraine.
“Russia has fired North Korean-supplied short-range ballistic missiles into Ukraine twice in the past week, an 'escalation' of Pyongyang's support for Moscow that has serious implications for both the war in Europe and security in the Korean peninsula, the White House. said Thursday,” according to CNN.
“The North Korean-made missiles were fired at Ukraine on Dec. 30 and Jan. 2, National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said at a White House briefing. They were among at least 500 missiles and drones fired at Ukraine during the New Year holidays, according to Kiev.
❗⚔️ – Arrival of missiles on target in Kharkov on January 2nd.
A North Korean-made KN-23 ballistic missile may be used in the attack.
It is an interesting event as it shows the tightening of the relationship between North Korea and Russia.
In addition, the possibility of… pic.twitter.com/EVOuiVY3jy
— The Informant (@theinformantofc) January 5, 2024
The Biden administration is aware of this.
“Partly because of our sanctions and export controls, Russia has become increasingly isolated on the world stage and has been forced to look to allied states for military equipment,” the spokesman said this week. National Security Council, John Kirby.
“As we have been publicly warning, one of those states is North Korea,” he added.
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