{"id":56055,"date":"2020-03-03T03:28:41","date_gmt":"2020-03-03T03:28:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/uncategorized\/2020\/03\/03\/north-korea-fires-presumed-short-range-missiles-into-the-sea\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T11:30:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T11:30:08","slug":"north-korea-fires-presumed-short-range-missiles-into-the-sea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/news\/2020\/03\/03\/north-korea-fires-presumed-short-range-missiles-into-the-sea\/","title":{"rendered":"North Korea fires presumed short-range missiles into the sea"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SEOUL, South Korea \u2014 North Korea fired two presumed short-range ballistic missiles into its eastern sea on Monday, South Korean officials said, resuming weapons demonstrations after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2019\/11\/24\/north-korea-says-its-gained-nothing-from-us-but-betrayal\/\" target=\"_blank\">a months-long hiatus<\/a> that may have been forced by the coronavirus crisis in Asia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The launches came two days after North Korea\u2019s state media said leader Kim Jong Un supervised <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2019\/11\/25\/kim-jong-un-orders-north-korea-artillery-firing-drawing-seoul-rebuke\/\" target=\"_blank\">an artillery drill <\/a>aimed at testing the combat readiness of units in front-line and eastern areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">South Korea\u2019s Joint Chiefs of Staff said the projectiles were fired from an area near the coastal town of Wonsan and flew about 240 kilometers (149 miles) northeast on an apogee of about 35 kilometers (22 miles). It said the South Korean and U.S. militaries were jointly analyzing the launches. JCS officials later told reporters that the weapons were presumed to be short-range ballistic missiles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">North Korea likely tested one of its new road-mobile, solid-fuel missile systems or a developmental \u201csuper large\u201d multiple rocket launcher it repeatedly demonstrated last year, said Kim Dong-yub, an analyst from Seoul\u2019s Institute for Far Eastern Studies. Experts say such weapons can potentially overwhelm missile defense systems and expand the North\u2019s ability to strike targets in South Korea and Japan, including U.S. bases there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kim Jong Un had entered the new year vowing to bolster his nuclear deterrent in the face of \u201cgangster-like\u201d U.S. sanctions and pressure, using a key <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2019\/12\/22\/kim-jong-un-holds-party-meeting-to-bolster-north-korean-military\/\" target=\"_blank\">ruling party meeting in late December<\/a> to warn of \u201cshocking\u201d action over stalled nuclear negotiations with the Trump administration.<\/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\/12\/16\/us-says-it-wont-accept-north-korea-set-deadline-on-nuclear-talks\/\" 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=\"216\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP19349277871165.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\">US says it won\u2019t accept North Korea-set deadline on nuclear talks<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">A senior U.S. diplomat said Monday that Washington won\u2019t accept a year-end deadline set by North Korea to make concessions in stalled nuclear talks and urged Pyongyang to return to a negotiating table immediately.<\/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\">He also said North Korea would soon reveal a new \u201cstrategic weapon\u201d and insisted the country was no longer \u201cunilaterally bound\u201d to a self-imposed suspension on the testing of nuclear and intercontinental ballistic missiles. But Kim did not explicitly lift the moratorium or give any clear indication that such tests were impending and seemed to leave the door open for eventual negotiations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">South Korea\u2019s presidential office said National Security Director Chung Eui-yong discussed the launches with the South\u2019s defense minister and spy chief, and that the officials expressed \u201cstrong concern\u201d over the North\u2019s resumption of testing activity, which could raise military tensions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Japan said that it had not detected any projectile landing in its territory or its exclusive economic zone, and that no sea vessels or aircraft had been damaged.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe repeated firings of ballistic missiles by North Korea is a serious problem for the international community including Japan, and the government will continue to gather and analyze information, and monitor the situation to protect the lives and property of the people,\u201d the Defense Ministry\u2019s statement said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"3980\" height=\"2509\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP20062193447313.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"North Korea fires missile\" class=\"wp-image-27191\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP20062193447313.jpg.jpg 3980w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP20062193447313.jpg.jpg?resize=300,189 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP20062193447313.jpg.jpg?resize=768,484 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP20062193447313.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,646 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP20062193447313.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,968 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP20062193447313.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1291 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3980px) 100vw, 3980px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">People watch a TV screen showing a news program reporting about North Korea&#8217;s firing of projectiles with a file image at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, March 2, 2020. (Lee Jin-man\/AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The recent lull in North Korea\u2019s launches had experts wondering whether the North was holding back its weapons displays while it was fighting the coronavirus, which state media has described as a matter of \u201cnational existence.\u201d Some analysts speculated that the North cut back training and other activities involving large gatherings of soldiers to reduce the possibility of the virus spreading within its military.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kim\u2019s latest show of force is apparently aimed at boosting military morale, strengthening internal unity and showing that his country is doing fine despite outside worries of how the North would contend with an outbreak.<\/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\/12\/15\/north-korea-says-new-tests-will-help-it-counter-us-threats\/\" 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=\"177\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP19348263731007.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 says new tests will help it counter US threats<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">North Korea said it successfully performed another \u201ccrucial test\u201d at its long-range rocket launch site that will further strengthen its nuclear deterrent.<\/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\">North Korea in previous years has intensified testing activity in response to springtime military exercises between South Korea and the United States that it has described as invasion rehearsals. But the allies announced last week that they were postponing their annual drills due to concern about the coronavirus outbreak in South Korea, with soldiers from both countries being infected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The launches were the latest setback for dovish South Korean President Moon Jae-in, who despite the North\u2019s indifference has repeatedly pleaded for reviving inter-Korean engagement. In a speech on Sunday marking the 101st anniversary of a major uprising against Japanese colonial rule, Moon called for cooperation between the two Koreas to fight infectious diseases amid the COVID-19 outbreak in Asia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Amid the deadlock in larger nuclear negotiations with the Trump administration, Kim has suspended virtually all cooperation with South Korea in the past months while demanding that Seoul defy U.S.-led international sanctions and restart inter-Korean economic projects that would jolt the North\u2019s broken economy.<\/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\/news\/2020\/02\/28\/containment-cancellations-and-quarantines-the-pentagons-latest-plans-for-dealing-with-coronavirus\/\" 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=\"176\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP20057278096962.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\">Containment, cancellations and quarantines  \u2014 the Pentagon\u2019s latest plans for dealing with coronavirus<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">DoD tells base commanders how to contain the risk of the coronavirus.<\/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\">North Korea has yet to confirm any COVID-19 cases, although state media have hinted that an uncertain number of people have been quarantined after exhibiting symptoms. North Korea has shut down nearly all cross-border traffic, banned tourists, intensified screening at entry points and mobilized tens of thousands of health workers to monitor residents and isolate those with symptoms. South Korea last month withdrew dozens of officials from an inter-Korean liaison office in Kaesong after North Korea insisted on closing it until the epidemic is controlled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kim and President Donald Trump have met three times since embarking on their high-stakes nuclear diplomacy in 2018, but negotiations have faltered since their second summit in February last year in Vietnam, where the Americans rejected North Korean demands for major sanctions relief in exchange for a partial surrender of its nuclear capability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Following the collapse in Hanoi, the North ended a 17-month pause in ballistic activity and conducted at least 13 rounds of weapons launches last year, using the standstill in talks to expand its military capabilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Those weapons included road-mobile, solid-fuel missiles designed to beat missile defense systems and a developmental midrange 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