North Korea this morning launched at least 10 ballistic missiles of various types into the Sea of Japan, one of which fell near South Korean territorial waters. "A territorial invasion" according to Seoul, for which "never" missiles had arrived "so close" to its territory.

In response, South Korean military leaders said, Seoul has launched "three precision air-to-surface missiles" into the waters north of the inter-maritime border.

President Yoon Suk-yeol ordered "swift action to make the North pay for provocations" and called on the military to be ready against "further provocations" during an emergency meeting of the National Security Council. "Today - underlined the South Korean president - North Korea's provocation is in fact a territorial invasion with a missile that crossed the northern border line for the first time since the division of the Peninsula "

South Korean authorities even issued an evacuation and air raid warning for the island of Ulleungdo, off the country's east coast: according to the Yonhap News news agency, which cited defense officials, the missile was headed for the island before ending up on the high seas.

Kim's provocation would be a signal of protest at the new joint US-South Korea military air maneuvers , the first of this kind in the last five years, involving 240 warplanes and which the Pyongyang regime considers a threat on its borders.

And precisely against these joint maneuvers Pak Jong-chon, secretary of the Workers' Party and close collaborator of Kim Jong-un, who called the joint maneuvers "aggressive and provocative" and said that the multiple missile launches are " warnings ".

It does not end there, because Pyongyang has also threatened to use "nuclear weapons" to make Washington and Seoul pay "the most horrible price in history" if they resort to force.

(Unioneonline / L)

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