North Korea reportedly fired two ballistic missiles from its east coast according to reports from South Korea and Japan, meaning it has breached UN resolutions. The short-range missiles flew 500 miles away from the launch site in central North Korea, at a maximum altitude of 60km, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff claim. Why is North Korea doing this? This is North Korea’s first ballistic missile test in six months, and is a further blow to the floundering denuclearisation talks first started between former US president Donald Trump and North Korea’s leader King Jong UN in 2018. Some believe North Korea was also trying to out-do South Korea in an ongoing arms race.

Source: Huffington Post September 15, 2021 12:22 UTC