[3rd Report] North Korea Launches Ballistic Missile into East Sea... Sixth Military Provocation This Year

[Asia Economy Yang Nak-gyu, Military Specialist Reporter] North Korea fired two ballistic missiles into the East Sea on the 27th.

On the same day, the Joint Chiefs of Staff announced via a text message to the press corps, "North Korea fired two projectiles presumed to be ballistic missiles into the East Sea around 8 a.m." The Joint Chiefs are currently analyzing the specifications of the projectiles, including range, altitude, and speed.

This missile launch marks North Korea's sixth show of force since the beginning of the new year, and it comes two days after firing two projectiles presumed to be cruise missiles on the 25th. Starting with the ballistic missile claimed to be a hypersonic missile launched on the 5th of this month, North Korea has fired ballistic missiles four times in the new year up to the 17th.

Some view this as a reaction to the appointment of Philip Goldberg, who was deeply involved in enforcing North Korea sanctions during the Barack Obama administration, as the U.S. Ambassador to South Korea.

Goldberg, the U.S. Ambassador to Colombia, previously served as the State Department's Coordinator for North Korea Sanctions. He oversaw the implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1874 on North Korea sanctions, adopted following North Korea's second nuclear test in May 2009. In South Korean and U.S. diplomatic circles, he is regarded as a principled or hardline advocate for pressuring North Korea through active sanctions.

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