North Korea Launches 2 Ballistic Missiles, in Violation of UN Sanctions

The U.S. military denounced the launches, urged North Korea to stop its ‘unlawful and destabilizing acts.’

People watch a television screen showing a news broadcast with file footage of a North Korean missile test, at a railway station in Seoul, South Korea, on July 19, 2023. Jung Yeon-je/AFP via Getty Images

North Korea launched two ballistic missiles early on July 1—one of which South Korea says may have failed—in violation of multiple U.N. sanctions.

The missiles were launched from the Jangyon area of South Hwanghae Province on North Korea’s west coast in a northeastern direction, according to South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS), meaning that the missiles would have flown across North Korea.