North Korea continues to test its missile capabilities as tests appear to increase day-over-day.
South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said that it detected the launch of two ballistic missiles by its northern neighbor around 8 a.m. local time Thursday, making it the seventh and eighth missiles fired this month.
The two missiles flew 118 miles after being fired from the North Korean port city of Hamhung, South Korean officials told the New York Times.
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The Joint Chiefs of Staff said its analysts were studying all recorded flight data from the missile to determine the missile types and their capabilities.
North Korea’s missile tests have continued to increase in number in the first month of 2022. The last missile test was on Tuesday and was conducted from an inland area. North Korea also fired missile tests on Jan. 5, Jan. 11, and two on Jan. 14, each one demonstrating more advanced technology than the last.
North Korea has also threatened to increase its military activities. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said on Jan. 19 that the nation is considering restarting its “temporarily suspended” military activities in response to “hostile” activity from the United States, including the possible testing of nuclear explosives. The North Korean leader previously suspended the testing in 2018 after diplomatic conversations with the U.S.
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On Jan. 12, the Biden administration sanctioned a Russian company after it was accused of assisting North Korea with its missile technology. The U.S. also proposed that the United Nations Security Council implement more sanctions against North Korea over its growing missile activity.
North Korea’s Foreign Ministry condemned the idea of sanctions, threatening a “stronger and certain reaction” if the U.S. continued its “confrontational stance.”
