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North Korea fires more missiles as South begins joint drill with US - Published North Korea has fired two unidentified missiles, its fourth such launch in less than two weeks, South Korea's military has said. They were fired from South Hwanghae province across the peninsula into the sea to the east, a statement said. The North again expressed anger at US-South Korean military drills that began on Monday. It says they violate agreements reached with US President Donald Trump and South Korea's President Moon Jae-in. While the main drills will start on 11 August, low-key preparation has begun. The US said it was monitoring the situation and consulting with South Korea and Japan. Late on Monday, Washington introduced travel restrictions on people who have visited North Korea. Anyone who would normally be eligible for the US visa waiver programme will now have to apply for a US visa if they have visited North Korea in the last eight years. The new policy affects tourists from most European countries as well as Australia, New Zealand, and several Asian countries like Japan, Taiwan and Singapore. Why is North Korea testing missiles? A statement released by North Korea's Foreign Ministry on Tuesday does not mention the missile launches but it claims that the military drills in the South essentially force it to develop and test new weapons. Given the drills in the South, "we are compelled to develop, test and deploy the powerful physical means essential for national defence," the statement said. It also described the exercise as "an undisguised denial and a flagrant violation" of the recent talks between the US and North Korea (DPRK). "We have already warned several times that the joint military exercises would block progress in the DPRK-US relations and the inter-Korean relations and bring us into reconsideration of our earlier major steps," the statement warns. 'Pyongyang is piling on the pressure' By Laura Bicker, BBC News, Seoul In the last two weeks they've shown they can fire short-range missiles in daylight, at night and now from a number of bases including, unusually, one on the west coast. It takes a degree of confidence to launch a missile knowing it will fly over your own country. Pyongyang must have faith in this particular weapon. We usually have to guess North Korea's motives, but this time it issued a statement, presumably timed to coincide with launch. It included a stern warning to both Washington and Seoul. Once again Pyongyang declared it would consider a "new path" if the provocations, which include the joint military exercises, continued. That could mean North Korean leader Kim Jong-un will eventually be willing to break his promise to Donald Trump and test long range missiles or nuclear weapons. We're not at that stage yet. North Korea said it was still willing to talk - presumably once the joint military exercises are over. Pyongyang's message is out there for Washington to hear. But with Donald Trump insisting he's in no rush to do a deal and continuing to brush off these short range tests, it's not clear if his administration is listening. What do we know about the missile tests? According to South Korea's military, the North's launches on Tuesday appear to be short-range ballistic missiles, flying 450km (280 miles) at an altitude of 37km. Over the past two weeks, the North test-fired what South Korean officials said appeared to have been a new type of short-range missile. Last Friday, two missiles landed in the Sea of Japan, also known as the East Sea, according to South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS). On Wednesday, the North launched two missiles that flew 250km and reached a height of 30km before landing in the Sea of Japan, according to South Korea. On 25 July, the North had fired two other missiles, one of which travelled about 690km. That was the first launch since President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un held an impromptu meeting in June at the demilitarised zone (DMZ), an area that divides the two Koreas, where they agreed to restart denuclearisation talks. What are the military drills about? Since the end of the Korean conflict, when Washington fought alongside Seoul against the North, the US has had troops stationed in South Korea. Each year, the two countries conduct military drills, often also called war games. Seoul and Washington say the drills are defensive but Pyongyang sees them as preparation for war. Following the 2018 summit in Singapore where North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and US President Donald Trump agreed a vague denuclearisation statement, the US president also said he'd cancel the war games. That year, Mr Kim said North Korea would stop nuclear testing and would no longer launch intercontinental ballistic missiles. Nuclear activity appears to be continuing, however, and satellite images of North Korea's main nuclear site last month showed movement, suggesting the country could be reprocessing radioactive material into bomb fuel. A second summit between the two leaders in Hanoi in 2019 ended without agreement. Since then, denuclearisation talks have stalled although both sides say they still want to pursue diplomacy.
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उत्तर कोरियाद्वारा 'शक्तिशाली युद्धशीर्ष बोकेको नयाँ अस्त्र परीक्षण' गरेको दाबी उत्तर कोरियाले परबाट नियन्त्रण गर्न सकिने एउटा नयाँ किसिमको अस्त्रको परीक्षण गरेको जनाएको छ। "ट्याक्टिकल गाइडिड वेपन" भनिएको सो अस्त्रबारे त्यहाँको सरकारी समाचारसंस्थाले धेरै जानकारी दिएको छैन तर उसले त्यसमा "शक्तिशाली युद्धशीर्ष" जडान भएको उल्लेख गरेको छ। अमेरिकी राष्ट्रपति डोनल्ड ट्रम्प र उत्तर कोरियाका नेता किम जङ-अनबीच गत फेब्रुअरीमा भियतनामको हनोईमा दोस्रो शिखरवार्ता असफल भएपछि उत्तर कोरियाले अस्त्र परीक्षण गरेको हो। उत्तर कोरियाले यसअघि पनि यस्तै किसिमको अस्त्र परीक्षण गरेको दाबी गरेको थियो। तर पर्यवेक्षकहरूले त्यसलाई अमेरिकामाथि दबाव सिर्जना गर्ने प्रयासका रूपमा अर्थ्याएका थिए। गत हप्ता नेता किमले अमेरिका राष्ट्रपति ट्रम्पले वार्ताका लागि 'सही नियत' लिएर आए थप वार्ता गर्न सकिने बताएका थिए। उत्तर कोरियाको दाबी के हो? सरकारी समाचारसंस्था कोरियन सेन्ट्रल न्यूज एजेन्सी (केसीएनए) का अनुसार उक्त परीक्षणको निरीक्षण नेता किम आफैँले गरेका थिए। केसीएनएका अनुसार उक्त अस्त्रमा उडानलाई मार्ग निर्देशन गर्ने विशिष्ट विधि छ। उसले यो परीक्षणमा विभिन्न लक्ष्यमा विभिन्न तरिकाबाट प्रहार गरिएको जनाएको छ। परीक्षणपछि प्रतिक्रिया दिँदै किमले यो "जनसेनाको युद्ध शक्ति बढाउन धेरै महत्त्वपूर्ण" उपलब्धि भएको बताएका छन्। उक्त अस्त्रबारे खासै धेरै विवरण सार्वजनिक गरिएको छैन। यद्यपि सानो दुरीको अस्त्र भएकोले त्यसबाट संयुक्त राज्य अमेरिकालाई खतरा नरहेको विश्लेषकहरूको धारणा छ। गत वर्ष आफ्नो परमाणुक्षमता "पुष्टि भइसकेको" जनाउँदै प्योङ्याङले अबका दिनमा अन्य महाद्वीपमा हमला गर्न सक्ने लामो दुरीको क्षेप्यास्त्र परीक्षण नगर्ने जनाएको थियो। उत्तर कोरियाले बलिस्टिक र लामो दुरीको क्षेप्यास्त्रमा समेत अटाउने परमाणुबम बनाएको र उक्त अस्त्र अमेरिकासम्म पुग्न सक्ने दाबी गर्दै आएको छ।