The South Korean military tests a Hyunmoo-II missile | Image: Seoul's Joint Chiefs of Staff (Sept. 2017)
The U.S. and South Korea jointly fired two missiles into the East Sea on Wednesday in response to North Korea’s test of a suspected intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) and two other missiles earlier in the morning, according to Seoul’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS).
The South Korean military also conducted an Air Force drill known as an elephant walk, JCS said, as the Yoon Suk-yeol administration “strongly condemned” North Korea’s missile launches and warned that North Korea’s “continued provocations” will “inevitably result in stronger and faster deterrence of the South Korea-U.S
The U.S. and South Korea jointly fired two missiles into the East Sea on Wednesday in response to North Korea’s test of a suspected intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) and two other missiles earlier in the morning, according to Seoul’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS).
The South Korean military also conducted an Air Force drill known as an elephant walk, JCS said, as the Yoon Suk-yeol administration “strongly condemned” North Korea’s missile launches and warned that North Korea's “continued provocations” will “inevitably result in stronger and faster deterrence of the South Korea-U.S. alliance.”
Chaewon Chung is a Seoul correspondent at NK News. Before joining NK News, she covered disinformation and technology with a focus on the Korean Peninsula at Coda Story.
Jeongmin Kim is a Lead Correspondent at NK News, based in Seoul. Kim covers inter-Korean and DPRK-related foreign, defense and humanitarian affairs, and has covered the 2022 ROK Presidential election on the ground. Prior to joining NK News, she worked for the CSIS Korea Chair in Washington D.C. and Reuters news agency's Seoul bureau. Follow her on Twitter @jeongminnkim