North Korea fired two ballistic missiles toward the sea off its east coast on Friday, the South Korean military said, the latest in an unprecedented number of missile tests this year.
Coming only days after two other missiles were launched and a day after allegations were made the country is shipping munitions to Russian forces in Ukraine, North Korea continued actions its neighbours say are destabilising the region.
"We will track and monitor developments together with the United States in preparation for additional provocations by North Korea, while maintaining a firm readiness posture based on our ability to overwhelmingly respond to any provocations by North Korea," the Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement.
"North Korea's rapid escalation of provocations in a series of actions threatens the peace and security of Japan's region and the international community," Matsuno told reporters. The White House said on Thursday that North Korea completed an initial arms delivery of infantry rockets and missiles to a private Russian military company, the Wagner Group, to shore up Russian forces in Ukraine.Canada on Friday levelled its own charges that North Korea had supplied the Wagner Group with weapons, saying the delivery "clearly violates international law and United Nations Security Council resolutions.
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