North Korea fires ballistic missile towards the sea, South Korea says韩国方面称，朝鲜向海中发射弹道导弹。
A ballistic missile fired from the North Korean port city of Wonsan flies more than 700km, South Korea’s military says.
A ballistic missile fired from the North Korean port city of Wonsan flies more than 700km, South Korea’s military says.
A missile flies over the sea off the west coast of the Korean Peninsula during what North Korea's state news agency KCNA said was a test launch of a strategic cruise missile on February 26, 2025 [File: KCNA via Reuters]
South Korea’s military says North Korea has fired at least one ballistic missile towards the sea off its east coast.
South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said on Saturday morning that its northern neighbour fired a ballistic missile from the port city of Wonsan on the eastern shore of the Korean Peninsula and that it flew more than 700 kilometres (435 miles).
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Seoul’s presidential national security office convened an emergency meeting to assess the situation after the launch, the president’s office said in a statement.
The South Korean military raised an alert for further launches and said it would share intelligence with the US and Japan.
Japan issued an emergency alert on Saturday, saying: “North Korea has launched a suspected ballistic missile.”
The US Pacific Command said it was aware of the launch, adding that it was consulting closely with US allies and partners.
“Based on current assessments, this event does not pose an immediate threat to US personnel or territory, or to our allies,” it said in a social media post.
The launch came a day after Kim Yo Jong, the powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, ridiculed South Korean demands for the North to apologise over landmine blasts that South Korea and the US-led United Nations Command said were caused by North Korean mines planted south of the Military Demarcation Line.
The blasts seriously injured three South Korean soldiers on a reconnaissance mission inside the 4km-wide (2.5-mile) border zone that stretches across the Korean Peninsula.
South Korea has also called on the North to halt recent efforts to fortify its border, including the installation of mines and anti-tank barriers.
Kim Yo Jong dismissed Seoul’s demands as “utterly pathetic”, saying the North intends to permanently cut ties with the South.
Saturday’s launch was the latest in a series of North Korean military displays in recent weeks, including tests of a purported hypersonic missile system, live-fire exercises and the commissioning of a new warship.
韩国军方称，从朝鲜港口城市元山发射的一枚弹道导弹飞行距离超过700公里。
2025年2月26日，朝鲜官方通讯社朝中社称，一枚导弹在朝鲜半岛西海岸海域进行战略巡航导弹试射。[图片来源：朝中社/路透社]
韩国军方称，朝鲜至少向韩国东海岸附近的海域发射了一枚弹道导弹。
韩国联合参谋本部周六上午表示，其北方邻国从朝鲜半岛东岸的港口城市元山发射了一枚弹道导弹，该导弹飞行了超过 700 公里（435 英里）。
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韩国总统府在一份声明中表示，首尔总统国家安全办公室在导弹发射后召开紧急会议评估局势。
韩国军方提高了对进一步导弹发射的警惕，并表示将与美国和日本分享情报。
日本周六发布紧急警报称：“朝鲜发射了一枚疑似弹道导弹。”
美国太平洋司令部表示，他们已经知晓此次发射，并补充说，他们正在与美国的盟友和伙伴密切磋商。
“根据目前的评估，这一事件不会对美国人员或领土，或我们的盟友构成直接威胁，”该组织在社交媒体上发帖称。
此次发射的前一天，朝鲜领导人金正恩的妹妹、权势显赫的金与正嘲讽了韩国要求朝鲜就地雷爆炸事件道歉的呼吁。韩国和以美国为首的联合国军司令部表示，这些爆炸是由朝鲜在军事分界线以南埋设的地雷造成的。
爆炸导致三名韩国士兵在横跨朝鲜半岛的 4 公里宽（2.5 英里）的边境地带执行侦察任务时严重受伤。
韩国也呼吁朝鲜停止近期加强边境防御的行动，包括设置地雷和反坦克障碍。
金与正驳斥首尔的要求“极其可悲”，并表示朝鲜打算永久切断与韩国的关系。
周六的发射是朝鲜近几周来一系列军事展示中的最新一次，其中包括测试所谓的超音速导弹系统、实弹演习和新军舰的服役。