The United States and South Korea have launched eight missiles in response to the same number fired in the past few hours by North Korea in the Sea of Japan . "The combined US-South Korean launch of surface-to-ground missiles demonstrates that even as North Korea triggers with missiles from various locations, the US and South Korea have the ability and readiness to immediately strike precisely in relation to the 'origin of the provocation', the note from the South Korean Joint Staff, as reported by the CNN.

South Korea will respond " with firmness and severity " to any North Korean provocation, added President Yoon Suk-yeol, stating that at this moment the nuclear and missile threats from the North are becoming significant ". They have such a level of "threat not only to peace on the Korean peninsula but also in Northeast Asia and the world," he added.

(Unioneonline / vl)

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