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| Rocket Launch from North Korea |
Report from
Seoul, South Korea, has indicated that North Korea fired three ballistic missiles off its east coast Monday, according to a
military source, in a show of force timed to the G-20 economic summit in China.
The provocative action of
the North, which is coming just days after the G-20 Summit began in the city of Hangzhou in eastern China, is
the latest in what seems to be a tradition to the North Koreans, who usually
take advantage of a gathering of this sort to engage in missile and rocket tests.
China is the North's only
major ally, but ties between the neighbors have frayed amid a string of nuclear
and missile tests and what many outsiders see as other provocations in recent
years.
South Korea's Joint Chiefs
of Staff said in a statement that the three missiles, launched from the western
North Korean town of Hwangju, flew across the country before splashing in the
waters off its east coast. Officials did not describe the range of the missiles.
The launch comes four days
before the 68th anniversary of the founding of North Korea's government, and
days after South Korean and U.S. troops ended annual joint summertime military
drills — which North Korea regularly describes as a dress rehearsal for
invasion.
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