{"id":19999,"date":"2019-10-31T19:58:32","date_gmt":"2019-10-31T19:58:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2019\/10\/31\/north-korea-fires-2-missiles-in-the-sea-amid-stalled-talks\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T05:58:57","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T05:58:57","slug":"north-korea-fires-2-missiles-in-the-sea-amid-stalled-talks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/flashpoints\/2019\/10\/31\/north-korea-fires-2-missiles-in-the-sea-amid-stalled-talks\/","title":{"rendered":"North Korea fires 2 missiles in the sea amid stalled talks"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SEOUL, South Korea \u2014 North Korea on Thursday fired two projectiles into its eastern sea, an apparent resumption of weapons tests aimed at ramping up pressure on Washington over a stalemate in nuclear negotiations, according to officials in South Korea and Japan. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The launches followed statements of displeasure by top North Korean officials over the slow pace of nuclear negotiations with the United States and demands that the Trump administration ease crippling sanctions and pressure on their country. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Analysts say the North could dial up its weapons demonstrations in the coming weeks as it approaches an end-of-year deadline set by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un for Washington to offer mutually acceptable terms for a deal to salvage the nuclear diplomacy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Seoul\u2019s Joint Chiefs of Staff said the weapons were fired from an area near the North Korean capital of Pyongyang and flew about 370 kilometers (230 miles) across the country at a height of up to 90 kilometers (56 miles) before landing off its eastern coast. The Joint Chiefs of Staff urged the North to \u201cimmediately stop actions that do not help efforts to ease tensions on the Korean Peninsula.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The military didn\u2019t immediately confirm whether the weapons were ballistic missiles or rocket artillery. The office of South Korean President Moon Jae-in described them as short-range projectiles. <\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/flashpoints\/2019\/10\/17\/north-koreas-kim-jong-un-rides-horse-on-sacred-peak-vows-to-fight-us-sanctions\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP19289120575148.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">North Korea\u2019s Kim Jong Un rides horse on sacred peak, vows to fight US sanctions<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">North Korea released a series of photos Wednesday showing leader Kim Jong Un riding a white horse to a sacred mountain he has often climbed before making key decisions. Near the mountain, Kim reportedly vowed to overcome U.S.-led sanctions that he said had both pained and infuriated his people.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Japan\u2019s Defense Ministry said it believed they were ballistic missiles, but they did not reach Japan\u2019s territorial waters or its exclusive economic zone. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe condemned the launches \u201cas an act that threatens the peace and safety of Japan and the region.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Seoul\u2019s presidential Blue House said National Security Director Chung Eui-yong presided over an emergency National Security Council meeting where officials expressed \u201cstrong concern\u201d and discussed North Korea\u2019s possible intent. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Senior North Korean official Kim Yong Chol on Sunday said his country was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2019\/10\/27\/north-korea-says-its-running-out-of-patience-with-us\/\" target=\"_blank\">running out of patience with the United States <\/a>over what it described as unilateral disarmament demands, and warned that a close personal relationship between the leaders alone would not be enough to prevent nuclear diplomacy from derailing. He said the administration of President Donald Trump would be \u201cseriously mistaken\u201d if it ignores <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2019\/10\/24\/north-korea-urges-us-to-act-wisely-through-year-end-deadline\/\" target=\"_blank\">Kim Jong Un\u2019s end-of-year deadline<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a speech in Azerbaijan earlier this week, Choe Ryong Hae, considered the second-most powerful official in North Korea, said the deadlocked nuclear negotiations had put the Korean Peninsula at a crossroads between peace and a \u201ctouch-and-go crisis,\u201d and demanded that the United States remove its \u201chostile\u201d policy of sanctions and pressure on the North. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nam Sung-wook, a North Korea expert at Seoul\u2019s Korea University, said more North Korean weapons displays are likely. There\u2019s a possibility that the North will fire some of its powerful mid-range missiles over Japan, like it did during a provocative run in weapons tests in 2017, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNorth Korea is investing all its strength in a hard-line position against Washington and Seoul,\u201d said Nam, a former president of the Institute for National Security Strategy, a think tank affiliated with South Korea\u2019s main spy agency. \u201cIf its missiles fly over Japan, the international impact would be huge because the United States and Japan would find it difficult to let it go,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Earlier this month, the North test-fired an underwater-launched ballistic missile for the first time in three years. The North has also tested new short-range ballistic missile and rocket artillery systems in recent months in what experts saw as an effort to use the standstill in talks to advance its military capabilities while increasing its bargaining power. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Negotiations have faltered after the collapse of a February summit between Kim Jong Un and Trump in Hanoi, Vietnam, where the U.S. rejected North Korean demands for broad sanctions relief in exchange for piecemeal progress toward partially surrendering its nuclear capabilities. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The North responded with intensified testing activity while Kim said he would \u201cwait with patience until the end of the year for the United States to come up with a courageous decision.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Washington and Pyongyang resumed working-level discussion in Sweden earlier this month, but the meeting broke down amid acrimony with the North Koreans calling the talks \u201csickening\u201d and accusing the Americans of maintaining an \u201cold stance and attitude.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After the breakdown in Sweden, North Korea released a series of photos showing Kim riding a white horse to a snow-covered Mount Paektu, a volcano considered sacred by North Koreans and a place where the leader has often visited before making key decisions. Speaking to officials near the mountain, Kim vowed to overcome U.S.-led sanctions that he said had both pained and infuriated his people. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP19289120597634.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"Kim Jong Un rides a white horse\" class=\"wp-image-44553\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP19289120597634.jpg.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP19289120597634.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP19289120597634.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP19289120597634.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">In this undated photo provided on Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2019, by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un rides a white horse to climb Mount Paektu, North Korea. (Korean Central News Agency\/Korea News Service via AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">News of the launches came after South Korea said earlier Thursday that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un sent a message of condolence to Moon over his mother\u2019s recent death. The two leaders met three times last year and struck a set of deals aimed at easing animosities and boosting exchanges. But in recent months, North Korea has drastically reduced its engagement and diplomatic activities with South Korea, after Seoul failed to resume lucrative joint economic projects held back by U.S.-led U.N. sanctions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Last week, Kim ordered the destruction of South Korean-built facilities at a long-shuttered joint tourist project at North Korea\u2019s scenic Diamond Mountain resort. South Korea later proposed talks but North Korea has insisted they exchange documents to work out details of Kim\u2019s order.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe North Korean leader does not ride a white horse to the top of Paektu mountain because he is satisfied with the status quo,\u201d said Leif-Eric Easley, a professor at Ewha University in Seoul. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cKim\u2019s year-end threat is as much a deadline for economic progress as it is a diplomatic ultimatum,\u201d Easley said. \u201cThis is why Pyongyang is increasing pressure on Seoul and Washington in the form of announcing plans to bulldoze even stalled inter-Korean projects, such as at Mount Kumgang, while continuing provocative missile tests.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><i>Associated Press writer Mari Yamaguchi in Tokyo contributed to this report.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>North Korea on Thursday fired two 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