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(3rd LD) N.K. leader says missile launches were 'warning' against S. Korea-U.S. exercise (ATTN: ADDS unification ministry's comments in last 3 paras; CHANGES photos) By Choi Soo-hyang and Oh Seok-min SEOUL, Aug. 7 (Yonhap) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-un said the communist nation tested new tactical guided missiles in the firing of two projectiles the previous day as a warning against the joint military exercise between South Korea and the United States. On Tuesday, North Korea fired two projectiles believed to be short-range ballistic missiles into the East Sea, the fourth such launch in less than two weeks. From its southwestern county of Kwail, they flew about 450 kilometers across the northern part of the Korean Peninsula at a maximum altitude of 37 km before landing in the waters, according to South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS). "Two tactical guided missiles launched at the operational airfield in the western area of the country flew across the sky over the capital area and the central inland region of the country to precisely hit the targeted islet in the East Sea," the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said. After watching the launches, Kim said its "military action would be an occasion to send an adequate warning to the joint military drill now under way," according to the KCNA. The firings came a day after South Korea and the U.S. began their joint military exercise as scheduled, despite the North's strong complaint against the maneuvers with a series of missile launches. The North has long condemned the exercise as a rehearsal for invasion. A spokesperson for North Korea's foreign ministry has also slammed the ongoing drill as a violation of peace agreements South Korea and the U.S. signed with the North and said Pyongyang could seek a "new road" if such "hostile military moves" continue. According to the KCNA, the latest firing "clearly verified the reliability, security and actual war capacity of the new-type tactical guided weapon system." Kim also took photos with officials who "successfully conducted the demonstration fire," the KCNA said, in a possible sign that the North has completed the development of the weapon it described as "new-type tactical guided missile." South Korea and the U.S. intelligence authorities believe that the North tested its version of Russia's Iskander, the ground-based ballistic missile, codenamed KN-23, in all four recent launches conducted on July 25, July 31, Aug. 2 and Tuesday. The same missile is also believed to have been tested in May's launches, officials said. The photos released by the KCNA on Wednesday also show that the missile fired on Tuesday from a transporter erector launcher (TEL) bears outward similarities to that launched on July 25. But North Korea has claimed that the launches on July 31 and Aug. 2 involved a new-type "large-caliber multiple launch guided rocket system." While the three previous launches were carried out off the east coast, the latest one took place in its western region. North Korea's missile testing typically involves such changes in firing locations, according to experts. South Korea's unification ministry called for the operation of an inter-Korean military committee that the two sides agreed to set up last year to discuss ways to reduce tensions and build trust. "There is a need to seek practical ways, such as building military trust, to avoid unnecessary arms race and build a lasting peace regime on the Korean Peninsula," ministry spokesperson Lee Sang-min told a regular press briefing. "In that regard, the inter-Korean joint military committee agreed under the Sept. 19 inter-Korean Comprehensive Military Agreement should be promptly operated," he said. scaaet@yna.co.kr Korea's SLBM drive aimed at regime survival, military edge, negotiation leverage: analysts Korea's suspension from Olympics augurs ill for Seoul's peace efforts IOC suspension of N. Korea latest wrinkle in inter-Korean sports cooperation Hotline restoration raises hopes for inter-Korean summit, resumption of nuclear talks Korea's withdrawal from Tokyo Olympics dampens hope for renewing inter-Korean sports cooperation
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काठमाडौं । उत्तर कोरिया र दक्षिण कोरियाले केही घण्टाको अन्तरालमा नै ब्यालेस्टिक मिसाइलको परीक्षण गरेका छन् । ब्यालेस्टिक मिसाइलको यो परीक्षणका साथै प्रायद्वीपमा हतियारको विषयमा चलेको होडबाजीले तीब्रता पाएको छ । उत्तर कोरियाले आफ्नो पूर्वी तटमा दुई ब्यालेस्टिक मिसाइल दाग्यो । पछिल्लो ६ महिनामा मिसाइल परीक्षणको यो पहिलो मामिला हो र साथै यो संयुक्त राष्ट्रको प्रस्तावको उल्लंघन पनि हो । यसअघि दक्षिण कोरिया र चीनले उत्तर कोरियाको परमाणु विषयमाथि चर्चा पनि गरेका थिए । यो मिसाइल परीक्षणलाई यो वार्तासँग जोडेर पनि हेरिएको छ । उत्तर कोरियाको परीक्षणको केही घण्टा पछि नै दक्षिण कोरियाले पनि आफ्नो पहिलो पनडुब्बी–प्रक्षेपित ब्यालेस्टिक मिसाइलको परीक्षण गर्यो । यद्यपि, दक्षिण कोरियाको तर्फबाट एसएलबीएमको नामबाट परिचित यो मिसाइलको परीक्षण पहिला नै हुने निश्चित थियो । यो उत्तर कोरियाको परीक्षणको प्रतिक्रिया होइन । यो परीक्षणका साथै दक्षिण कोरियामा यस्तो प्रकारका प्रविधिमा सक्षम दुनियाँको सातौं देश बनेको छ । परीक्षणका बेला राष्ट्रपति मून जे–इन पनि उपस्थित थिए । यसबारे प्रतिक्रिया दिँदै उनले भने, ‘दक्षिण कोरियासँग अब उत्तर कोरियाको उक्साहटको जवाफ दिनका लागि पर्याप्त स्रोत साधन छन् ।’ उनले थपे, ‘दक्षिण कोरिया कुनै पनि समय उत्तर कोरियाको उक्साहटको जवाफ दिन सक्षम छ । हामी हाम्रो हतियार कार्यक्रमलाई जारी राख्नेछौं ।’ सरकारी समाचार एजेन्सी केसीएनएका अनुसार दक्षिण कोरियाको बयानमाथि उत्तर कोरियाका नेता किम जोङ उनकी बहिनी किम यो जोंगले आलोचना गरेकी छिन् । उनले दक्षिण कोरियाको टिप्पणीलाई अतार्किक बताएका छन् । उनले यसका कारण सम्झौता टुट्न सक्ने चेतावनी दिएकी छिन् ।