North Korea launches unidentified object, South Korea holds emergency security meeting

According to the news agency Reuters On the morning of May 7, the South Korean military said that North Korea had launched an unidentified object into the East Sea of ​​the country.

Associated Yonhap Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) confirmed the above information. The South Korean military believes that this may have been a ballistic missile launch.

Meanwhile, according to the news agency Kyodo of Japan, the Japan Coast Guard also suspects the launch object may have been a ballistic missile.

This is North Korea’s second launch in the past three days after the most recent launch on May 4 and the 15th launch of a flying object by North Korea since the beginning of the year.

North Korea’s latest launches come just days before the inauguration of South Korea’s new President, Yoon Suk-yeol, scheduled for May 10.

On March 24, North Korea also test-fired a new type of intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), which it named the Hwasong-17. This test launch was also conducted near Sunan, achieving the largest parameters ever in terms of both flight time and altitude.

In a related development, South Korea will convene a meeting of the Chairman of the National Security Council (NSC) on May 7 to discuss North Korea’s launch of an object suspected to be a ballistic missile. from a submarine (SLBM).

The latest announcement from the South Korean Presidential Office said that the meeting will be chaired by Mr. Suh Hoon, National Security Director at the President’s Office.