as the international community struggles
to deal with the corona virus pandemic
North Korea has conducted another
weapons test the South Korean military
is called on the North to refrain from
such acts especially in this difficult
time Kim Jiyeon reports
North Korea fired two short-range
ballistic missiles on Sunday from its
eastern coastal Cydia one Sun towards
the East Sea at around 6:10 a.m.
South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said
they recorded a flight distance of some
230 kilometers and a maximum flight
altitude of some 30 kilometers the
missiles were launched from transporter
erector launchers which are used to move
the missiles to different locations and
there were fired some 20 seconds apart
the Joint Chiefs urged the north to
refrain from such military action as the
international community struggles to
deal with the difficulties arising from
the Cova 19 pandemic a local expert says
the recent series of weapons tests by
the north are part of a strategic
weapons programme plan years in advance
that had been Seoul's temporarily in
2018 to support its denuclearization
talks with Washington normally there
would be a series of South korea-us
combined military exercises between
February and April and the North had
corresponding exercises so it's
typically a very intense period for them
the expert added that despite South
Korea and the u.s. having postponed
their combined exercise this year due to
the corona virus outbreak North Korea is
expected to continue with similar
short-range weapons tests this year as
part of maintaining its military
readiness and to continue developing
weapons for operational deployment this
is North Korea's fourth major weapons
test this year a South Korean military
official said that like the previous
three rounds the latest one could be
part of the North's artillery strike
drill for it's wintertime exercise Kim
Jiyeon Arirang news
