North Korea launches ballistic missiles as Kim Jong Un visits Russia for summit

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North Korea launches ballistic missiles as Kim Jong Un visits Russia for summit

South Korean military says DPRK fired two short-range missiles, in first launches while leader out of country

Jeongmin Kim September 13, 2023

North Korea launches ballistic missiles as Kim Jong Un visits Russia for summit

A collage of a North Korean short-range ballistic missile launch and Kim Jong Un boarding a train to Russia | Image: KCNA (Oct. 10, 2022) and Rodong Sinmun (Sept. 12, 2023), edited by NK News

North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles from Pyongyang into the East Sea (Sea of Japan), South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said late Wednesday morning.

It marks the DPRK’s first missile launch while leader Kim Jong Un is out of the country, the unification ministry confirmed to NK News.

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Jeongmin Kim

Jeongmin Kim is the Lead Correspondent at NK News and Editorial Director at KOREA PRO, based in Seoul. Kim covers inter-Korean relations and North and South Korean foreign and military affairs. Kim has covered the 2022 ROK presidential election on the ground, and prior to joining NK News, she worked for the CSIS Korea Chair in Washington D.C. and Reuters news agency’s Seoul bureau.

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