The Korea Times
amn_close.png
amn_bl.png
National
  • Politics
  • Foreign Affairs
  • Multicultural Community
  • Defense
  • Environment & Animals
  • Law & Crime
  • Society
  • Health & Science
amn_bl.png
Business
  • Tech
  • Bio
  • Companies
  • World Expo 2030
amn_bl.png
Finance
  • Companies
  • Economy
  • Markets
  • Cryptocurrency
amn_bl.png
Opinion
  • Editorial
  • Columns
  • Thoughts of the Times
  • Cartoon
  • Today in History
  • Blogs
  • Tribune Service
  • Blondie & Garfield
  • Letter to President
  • Letter to the Editor
amn_bl.png
Lifestyle
  • Travel & Food
  • Trends
  • People & Events
  • Books
  • Around Town
  • Fortune Telling
amn_bl.png
Entertainment & Arts
  • K-pop
  • Films
  • Shows & Dramas
  • Music
  • Theater & Others
amn_bl.png
Sports
amn_bl.png
World
  • SCMP
  • Asia
amn_bl.png
Video
  • Korean Storytellers
  • POPKORN
  • Culture
  • People
  • News
amn_bl.png
Photos
  • Photo News
  • Darkroom
amn_NK.png amn_DR.png amn_LK.png amn_LE.png
  • bt_fb_on_2022.svgbt_fb_over_2022.svg
  • bt_twitter_on_2022.svgbt_twitter_over_2022.svg
  • bt_youtube_on_2022.svgbt_youtube_over_2022.svg
  • bt_instagram_on_2022.svgbt_instagram_over_2022.svg
The Korea Times
amn_close.png
amn_bl.png
National
  • Politics
  • Foreign Affairs
  • Multicultural Community
  • Defense
  • Environment & Animals
  • Law & Crime
  • Society
  • Health & Science
amn_bl.png
Business
  • Tech
  • Bio
  • Companies
  • World Expo 2030
amn_bl.png
Finance
  • Companies
  • Economy
  • Markets
  • Cryptocurrency
amn_bl.png
Opinion
  • Editorial
  • Columns
  • Thoughts of the Times
  • Cartoon
  • Today in History
  • Blogs
  • Tribune Service
  • Blondie & Garfield
  • Letter to President
  • Letter to the Editor
amn_bl.png
Lifestyle
  • Travel & Food
  • Trends
  • People & Events
  • Books
  • Around Town
  • Fortune Telling
amn_bl.png
Entertainment & Arts
  • K-pop
  • Films
  • Shows & Dramas
  • Music
  • Theater & Others
amn_bl.png
Sports
amn_bl.png
World
  • SCMP
  • Asia
amn_bl.png
Video
  • Korean Storytellers
  • POPKORN
  • Culture
  • People
  • News
amn_bl.png
Photos
  • Photo News
  • Darkroom
amn_NK.png amn_DR.png amn_LK.png amn_LE.png
  • bt_fb_on_2022.svgbt_fb_over_2022.svg
  • bt_twitter_on_2022.svgbt_twitter_over_2022.svg
  • bt_youtube_on_2022.svgbt_youtube_over_2022.svg
  • bt_instagram_on_2022.svgbt_instagram_over_2022.svg
  • Login
  • Register
  • Login
  • Register
  • The Korea Times
  • search
  • all menu
  • Login
  • Subscribe
  • Photos
  • Video
  • World
  • Sports
  • Opinion
  • Entertainment & Art
  • Lifestyle
  • Finance
  • Business
  • National
  • North Korea
  • 1

    Man who opened plane door says he wanted to get off quickly: police

  • 3

    US urged to respect Korea's position amid US-China chip war

  • 5

    Annual K pop-concert comes to Busan, featuring BTOB, ITZY, Nmixx and more

  • 7

    Korean literature in translation enjoys growing universal appeal

  • 9

    Can Seoul succeed in transforming Yeouido into a global financial hub?

  • 11

    Man allegedly murders girlfriend shortly after release from police custody in dating violence probe

  • 13

    Korea plays 10-man Honduras to draw at U-20 World Cup, knockout fate up in air

  • 15

    Stray Kids, NCT's Taeyong, ATEEZ gear up for June releases

  • 17

    Suspect held after four killed in Japan gun and knife attack

  • 19

    About 3,000 Korean tourists stranded in Guam due to Typhoon Mawar aftermath

  • 2

    INTERVIEW'No more part-time jobs': VANNER talks about life after winning 'Peak Time'

  • 4

    76th Cannes Film Festival

  • 6

    Traditional markets catch on with foreign tourists, young consumers

  • 8

    INTERVIEWHow 'bojagi' helped adoptee reconnect with Korean roots

  • 10

    Gen MZ shifts to thrifty mindset amid high cost of living

  • 12

    INTERVIEWAs Georgia marks Independence Day, new ambassador vows to bolster ties

  • 14

    INTERVIEWFormer UK gang member shares hard-learned lessons to prevent youth violence

  • 16

    Unification ministry's NK report disclaimer creates controversy

  • 18

    Nuri's main payload NEXTSAT-2 enters orbit, makes communication with Earth

  • 20

    Chinese carmakers challenge Hyundai Motor, Kia in global markets

Close scrollclosebutton

Close for 24 hours

Open
  • The Korea Times
  • search
  • all menu
  • Login
  • Subscribe
  • Photos
  • Video
  • World
  • Sports
  • Opinion
  • Entertainment & Art
  • Lifestyle
  • Finance
  • Business
  • National
  • North Korea
North Korea
Sun, May 28, 2023 | 16:11
North Korea fires missile toward South Korean territory
Posted : 2022-11-02 16:43
Updated : 2022-11-02 21:41
Kang Seung-woo
Print PreviewPrint Preview
Font Size UpFont Size Up
Font Size DownFont Size Down
  • facebook
  • twitter
  • kakaolink
  • whatsapp
  • reddit
  • mailto
  • link

South Korea responds with three air-to-surface missiles

By Kang Seung-woo

North Korea fired more than 20 ballistic and other missiles, Wednesday, one of which landed in South Korean territory for the first time since the 1950-53 Korean War. The North also fired some 100 artillery shells into the East Sea.

In response, President Yoon Suk-yeol ordered the military to make a swift and stern response to ensure that North Korea clearly sees the consequences of its provocations. Hours later, South Korean fighter jets fired three air-to-surface missiles into the sea north of the inter-Korean maritime border.

According to the South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS), one short-range ballistic missile (SRBM) flew across the Northern Limit Line (NLL) and fell just 26 kilometers south of the de facto maritime border between the two Koreas. The missile headed toward South Korea's Ulleung Island, triggering an air raid alert prompting residents there to evacuate to underground shelters. Two other SRBMs landed in the East Sea.

The missile that was launched from a site in or around the North's eastern coastal city of Wonsan was detected at around 8:51 a.m., the JCS said. Earlier, North Korea also launched four SRBMs into the West Sea from North Pyongan Province at around 6:51 a.m.

Additionally, the North fired six more surface-to-air missiles eastward from the Sondok and Sinpo areas and westward from the Kwail and Onchon areas between 4:30 p.m. and 5:10 p.m. Those missiles traveled a short distance, the JCS added.

The South Korean military also detected more than 100 artillery shells fired at around 1:27 p.m. from Kosong County and Kangwon Province into the eastern buffer zone that was designated under an inter-Korean military agreement signed on Sept. 19, 2018 to reduce cross-border tensions.

"North Korea's missile, which landed near our territorial waters south of the Northern Limit Line for the first time since the division of the peninsula, is very rare and intolerable," the JCS said in a press release.

The South Korean president said North Korea's provocation was a violation of the South's territory, according to his office.

"President Yoon Suk-yeol noted that North Korea's provocation today was effectively a violation of our territory by a missile that crossed the NLL for the first time since [the] division [of the Korean peninsula]," the presidential office said in a press release following an emergency National Security Council meeting, presided over by him.

N. Korea's Hwasong-17 ICBM launch seems to have ended in failure: source
N. Korea's Hwasong-17 ICBM launch seems to have ended in failure: source
2022-11-03 08:11  |  North Korea

"He also ordered the military to maintain full readiness to protect the people's lives and safety and prepare for the possibility of additional and high-intensity provocations by North Korea in the future," the presidential office added.

In response to the latest North Korean provocations, the Air Force's F-15K and KF-16 jets fired the precision-guided missiles into waters north of the NLL in the East Sea, according to the JCS.

The missiles landed in an area north of the NLL at a distance almost equivalent to that of the North's missile that dropped south of the maritime boundary, it added.

"Our military's response reaffirms our resolve to sternly respond to any provocations by North Korea and shows that we are capable of accurately striking our enemy," the JCS said later in the day.

Park Won-gon, a professor of North Korean studies at Ewha Womans University, said the latest missile launches were an extremely serious threat to South Korea.

"Given that South Korea and the United States are conducting a combined air exercise, regarded as the strongest deterrence against the North Korean threats, the missile launch during the ongoing drills indicates the North has strong confidence in its nuclear capability," Park said.

A TV screen shows a file image of North Korea's missile launch during a news program at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday. AP-Yonhap

Currently, the allies are conducting the five-day Vigilant Storm exercise that involves F-35A and F-35B stealth jets. North Korea also fired missiles when South Korea and the U.S. held a join naval exercise involving the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, USS Ronald Reagan, in September. Traditionally, U.S. aircraft carriers have been a solid presence representing Washington's extended deterrence against North Korean threats.

According to Park, Wednesday's missile launches signify that the Kim Jong-un regime is poised to continue to stoke tensions on the peninsula.

"Since Sept. 25, North Korea has kept firing missiles ― even during China's important party congress. In addition, the North had staged military provocations in consideration of South Korea's domestic situation to some extent, but the missile launch during the South's mourning period of the Itaewon crowd crush, means that it will only focus on gaining recognition as a nuclear weapons state without taking anything into consideration before holding negotiations with the U.S. on the nuclear issue," the professor said.

"To this end, North Korea is widely expected to ratchet up tensions further on the peninsula," he said.

The missile launches came hours after North Korea strongly criticized South Korea and the U.S. for the joint aerial exercise.

"Should the U.S. and South Korea attempt to use force against us, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea military's special forces will immediately carry out the strategic mission they have been given, and the U.S. and South Korea will face a terrifying event and pay a terrible price," Pak Jong-chon, secretary of the Central Committee of the North's ruling Workers' Party, said in a statement carried by the country's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).

"They must keep in mind that taking this as a mere warning itself will be a huge mistake under current circumstances," Pak said.

The missile launches also come as the totalitarian state, which has fired ballistic missiles on 26 occasions this year, is fully prepared to conduct a seventh nuclear test soon.

"A series of North Korean provocations would be punctuated by a nuclear test," Park said. "Although a test ahead of the U.S. mid-term elections could maximize its effectiveness, it would detonate a nuclear device at any point where it could draw attention."



Emailksw@koreatimes.co.kr Article ListMore articles by this reporter
 
wooribank
Top 10 Stories
1US urged to respect Korea's position amid US-China chip war US urged to respect Korea's position amid US-China chip war
2Chinese carmakers challenge Hyundai Motor, Kia in global markets Chinese carmakers challenge Hyundai Motor, Kia in global markets
3Calls grow for regulations on AI technology on webcomicsCalls grow for regulations on AI technology on webcomics
4CJ, Shinsegae study temple food to expand vegan lineupCJ, Shinsegae study temple food to expand vegan lineup
5Africa Day celebrated in Korea with book talkAfrica Day celebrated in Korea with book talk
6[INTERVIEW] Korean chef aims to change Hong Kong's dining sceneINTERVIEWKorean chef aims to change Hong Kong's dining scene
7Bernadou's travels in Korea in 1884 Part 4 - Gaeseong's passive defiance Bernadou's travels in Korea in 1884 Part 4 - Gaeseong's passive defiance
8ChatGPT: boon or bane for banking industry? ChatGPT: boon or bane for banking industry?
9POSCO named sustainability champion for 2nd consecutive year POSCO named sustainability champion for 2nd consecutive year
10Labor unions seek to attract migrant workers at shipyards Labor unions seek to attract migrant workers at shipyards
Top 5 Entertainment News
1Stray Kids, NCT's Taeyong, ATEEZ gear up for June releases Stray Kids, NCT's Taeyong, ATEEZ gear up for June releases
2[INTERVIEW] 'No more part-time jobs': VANNER talks about life after winning 'Peak Time' INTERVIEW'No more part-time jobs': VANNER talks about life after winning 'Peak Time'
3Competing to get married? 'Physical:100' writer to roll out marriage survival show Competing to get married? 'Physical:100' writer to roll out marriage survival show
4Ma Dong-seok goes all out to create iconic action hero in 'The Outlaws' threequel Ma Dong-seok goes all out to create iconic action hero in 'The Outlaws' threequel
5All-female cast 'Siren: Survive the Island' to challenge prevailing biases All-female cast 'Siren: Survive the Island' to challenge prevailing biases
DARKROOM
  • Turkey-Syria earthquake

    Turkey-Syria earthquake

  • Nepal plane crash

    Nepal plane crash

  • Brazil capital uprising

    Brazil capital uprising

  • Happy New Year 2023

    Happy New Year 2023

  • World Cup 2022 Final - Argentina vs France

    World Cup 2022 Final - Argentina vs France

CEO & Publisher : Oh Young-jin
Digital News Email : webmaster@koreatimes.co.kr
Tel : 02-724-2114
Online newspaper registration No : 서울,아52844
Date of registration : 2020.02.05
Masthead : The Korea Times
Copyright © koreatimes.co.kr. All rights reserved.
  • About Us
  • Introduction
  • History
  • Contact Us
  • Products & Services
  • Subscribe
  • E-paper
  • RSS Service
  • Content Sales
  • Site Map
  • Policy
  • Code of Ethics
  • Ombudsman
  • Privacy Statement
  • Terms of Service
  • Copyright Policy
  • Family Site
  • Hankook Ilbo
  • Dongwha Group