{"id":63128,"date":"2022-05-24T23:37:07","date_gmt":"2022-05-24T23:37:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2022\/05\/24\/seoul-north-korea-launches-3-ballistic-missiles-toward-sea\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T12:04:36","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T12:04:36","slug":"seoul-north-korea-launches-3-ballistic-missiles-toward-sea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/flashpoints\/2022\/05\/24\/seoul-north-korea-launches-3-ballistic-missiles-toward-sea\/","title":{"rendered":"Seoul: North Korea launches 3 ballistic missiles toward sea"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SEOUL, South Korea \u2014 North Korea launched three ballistic missiles toward the sea on Wednesday, South Korea\u2019s military said, the Norths\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2022\/05\/12\/north-korea-fires-3-ballistic-missiles-amid-first-virus-outbreak\/\" target=\"_blank\">first weapons firings in about two weeks<\/a> as the country makes a much-disputed claim that its first domestic COVID-19 outbreak is weakening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The latest launches also came after the leaders of South Korea and the United States agreed to consider <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2022\/05\/22\/us-south-korea-open-to-expanded-military-drills-to-deter-north\/\" target=\"_blank\">expanded military exercises<\/a> to deter North Korean nuclear threats during President Joe Biden\u2019s visit to Seoul last weekend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">South Korea\u2019s Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement that all three missiles were fired toward waters off North Korea\u2019s eastern coast one after another between 6 a.m. and 7 a.m. on Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It said South Korea has subsequently boosted its surveillance posture and maintains a military readiness in close coordination with the United States. South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol separately called a National Security Council meeting to discuss the North\u2019s launches, his office said.<\/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\/2022\/03\/10\/north-korea-testing-new-icbms-us-says-warns-more-coming\/\" 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=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP22069756425564.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 testing new ICBMs, US says, warns more coming<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">North Korea has claimed the March 4 and Feb. 26 launches were merely to test cameras to be installed on a future spy satellite.<\/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\">The launches were North Korea\u2019s 17th round of missile firings this year. Experts have said North Korea\u2019s testing is aimed at modernizing its weapons arsenal and at applying pressure on its rivals amid long-dormant nuclear diplomacy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">North Korea\u2019s unusual pace in weapons tests this year included its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2022\/03\/24\/north-korea-confirms-test-firing-of-biggest-icbm\/\" target=\"_blank\">first test of an intercontinental ballistic missile<\/a> since 2017 in March. U.S. and South Korean intelligence officials have that North Korea could soon conduct its first nuclear test in nearly five years as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While visiting South Korea, Biden brushed aside questions about any possible provocation by North Korea during his trip, saying, \u201cWe are prepared for anything North Korea does.\u201d Asked if he had a message for the North\u2019s leader, Kim Jong Un, Biden offered a clipped response: \u201cHello. Period.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After his Seoul trip, Biden traveled on to Japan and met with Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio, where the leaders vowed to work closely to address security challenges, including North Korea\u2019s nuclear and ballistic programs and also what they called China\u2019s \u201cincreasingly coercive\u201d behavior in the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hours before the North\u2019s missile launches, U.S. State Department spokesperson Ned Price told reporters in Washington that North Korea may be on the verge of a major weapons test. \u201cOur concern for another potential provocation, be it an ICBM launch, be a potential seventh nuclear weapons test, our concern has not abated in any way,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">North Korea\u2019s last missile tests occurred hours after the country on May 12 acknowledged its COVID-19 outbreak on its soil, after maintaining a widely disputed claim to be coronavirus-free.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The country has said in the past few days that there has been \u201ca positive sign\u201d in its anti-virus campaign. 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