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Pyongyang As North Korean leader fires at least seven missiles off east coast, neighbors say Kim Jong-unsister condemned joint military exercises involving the WE, Japan and South Korea.

According to Japanese Defense Minister General Nakatani, the missiles flew to an altitude of 100 km and covered a range of 400 km before falling outside Japan’s exclusive economic zone and falling into the ocean. South Korea said the missiles were fired from near Sariwon in North Hwanghae Province at around 7 a.m. (local time) on Tuesday.

The US military said it was monitoring the situation and consulting closely with allies Japan and South Korea.

State media KCNA reported that Mr. Kim’s powerful sister, Kim Yo-jong, said military drills by the United States and its allies justified North Korea’s nuclear buildup. Ms. Kim criticized the “more than 20” military exercises the United States and its allies have conducted this year.

The launch comes just days after Pyongyang Test launched largest intercontinental missile It has flown a record distance and is capable of reaching the US mainland. The launch of the Hwasong-19 drew harsh condemnation from the UN, Washington and its allies over fears that Pyongyang would receive missile technology as a reward for sending troops to Russia.

North Korea will likely step up its military demonstrations around the U.S. presidential election to attract Washington’s attention, South Korean officials said. The South’s spy agency warned last week that Pyongyang had likely completed preparations for its seventh nuclear test.

North Korea’s UN envoy has claimed that the Hermit Kingdom will accelerate the development of its nuclear weapons program to “counter any threat posed by hostile nuclear-weapon states”.

The North was approved by the UN Security Council in 2006. and measures to halt the development of nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles have been steadily strengthened.

North Korea’s latest tests have political significance for what they say about the Kim regime’s lack of restraint, said Leif-Eric Easley, a professor at Ewha University in Seoul. “Pyongyang shows that its contribution of weapons and troops to Russia’s war in Ukraine does not restrict its military activities near the country.”

He added: “On the contrary, cooperation with Moscow appears to enable blatant violations of UN Security Council resolutions.”

It seems largely that way. North Korea hopes to eventually use expanded nuclear arsenal As leverage to win concessions such as sanctions relief after a new US president is elected.

There are widespread views that Mr Kim would prefer the Republican candidate to win Donald TrumpWith whom he engaged in high-stakes nuclear diplomacy in 2018–19, he viewed her as a counterpart more likely to give him what he wanted than the Democratic candidate. Kamala Harris.

During the campaign, Ms. Harris said she would “not welcome tyrants and dictators like Kim Jong Un who support Trump.”

US State Department spokesman Matthew Miller told reporters: There were 10 thousand North Korean soldiers in the Kursk region of Russia They were near the Ukrainian border and were preparing to join Moscow’s fight against Ukraine in the coming days.

If they engage, it would be North Korea’s first involvement in a large-scale conflict since the end of the 1950-53 Korean War.