US 'monitoring situation' as North Korea test-fires 25 rockets into sea

North Korea this week has tested 25 short range missiles in the sea. The Department of State spokeswoman has reacted saying that the United States is clearly monitoring the situation and has called for North Korea to refrain from provocative actions that might destabilize the country.

But South Korea is not the only country that has been influenced by these tests. The United States and Japan have also reacted after those short range missiles entered the Japan sea zone.

A reason why South Korea is frustrated is because North Korea have been testing missiles with possible intercontinental potential in December 2012, and carried out a third nuclear test in February 2013. It was then stung by fierce international criticism and sanctions. South Korean Defense Ministry spokesman Kim Ming-seok "We consider it to be threatening and a military provocation".

It must be mentioned that the missiles were fired just days after the beginning of the joint military exercises between South Korea and the United States that North Korea is against. Those exercises done by the United States and South Korea together, routinely create tension between North Korea, South Korea and the United States.

To read the original link, please click on here.

Fatlum Gashi
PSC222