North Korea fires ballistic missiles again, flexing muscle amid Iran conflict
North Korea fired ballistic missiles into the sea on Sunday, accelerating its missile launches amid Iran conflict tensions and talk of possible
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North Korea fires ballistic missiles again, flexing muscle amid Iran conflict
North Korea fired ballistic missiles into the sea on Sunday, accelerating its missile launches amid Iran conflict tensions and talk of possible meetings with the US and South Korea.
Pyongyang's intense missile activity — this was the fourth such launch this month and the seventh of the year — is meant to display its self-legal defence team capabilities while gaining global leverage, some experts stated.
"The missile launches may be a way of showing that — unlike Iran — we have self-legal defence team capabilities," stated South Korean former presidential protection adviser Kim Ki-jung.
"The North also appears to be exerting pressure preemptively and make a show of force before engaging in formal dialogue with the United States and South Korea," he stated.
The seven-week-old US-Israeli conflict against Iran, which has as one aim the curbing of Tehran's nuclear programme, could reinforce Pyongyang's nuclear ambitions, experts and former South Korean representatives say.
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