2023-08-23 21:47:38
The Government of Japan has warned that North Korea has launched a missile that has flown into the Pacific Ocean. Shortly before 4:00 a.m. local time (9:00 p.m. in Spain) the Government has issued an emergency alert through the J-alert radio broadcasting system, in which it asked the inhabitants of the Okinawa prefecture, located in the extreme south of the country, to take refuge in their homes. The alert has been lifted minutes later.
has done it too South Koreawho has carried out for the first time in six years a nationwide civil evacuation drill in the face of possible North Korean air strikes amid rising tensions with Pyongyang, which has recently tested new cruise missiles.
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Two days ago, Pyongyang, the most populous city in North Korea, already warned that would launch a satellite between August 24 and 31, his second such attempt this year. In May, Pyongyang launched a rocket that fell into the Yellow Sea, triggering evacuation alerts for a few minutes in the South Korean capital, Seoul, and Okinawa Prefecture, the northernmost island in the Japanese archipelago.
Also, just under a week ago, United States, South Korea and Japan agreed during the trilateral summit held at Camp David that annual trilateral exercises will be launched in response to alleged provocations by China and North Korea.
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