PYONGYANG: North Korea fired what appeared to be two short-range ballistic missiles on Monday, the South’s military said, weeks after Pyongyang threatened to demonstrate a “new strategic weapon” and its deadline for Washington to offer sanctions relief expired. They were “believed to be short-range ballistic missiles,” a JCS official said. South Korea’s security ministers expressed “strong concern” the North was “carrying out actions giving rise to military tensions”, the presidential Blue House said. North Korea has a long history of seeking to demonstrate its military capability to try to obtain concessions. “March is pretty reliably missile-testing season for North Korea,” tweeted Ankit Panda, senior fellow at the Federation of American Scientists.

Source: Pakistan Today March 02, 2020 08:48 UTC