North Korea Fires Ballistic Missiles, Dismisses Seoul’s Diplomacy Hopes

The launches have poured cold water on the South Korean government’s hopes of an improvement in relations between the two countries.

What the North Korean regime said is an intercontinental ballistic missile in a launch drill at the Sunan international airport in Pyongyang, North Korea, on March 16, 2023. Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP

North Korea fired multiple ballistic missiles toward the sea on April 8, South Korea’s military said, extending a series of tests that have dampened Seoul’s hopes for easing tensions between the two nations.

South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said its neighbor unleashed an unidentified missile at about 2:20 p.m. on April 8 from the Wonsan area toward waters off its eastern coast, South Korean news agency Yonhap reported. It flew about 435 miles.