North Korea today launched an unidentified ballistic missile into the Sea of Japan (called the East Sea in both Koreas), the South Korean military said in a brief statement.
The Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) did not offer more information about this launch, the second that Pyongyang has carried out so far this year.
The day before, North Korea threatened an "unprecedented" response to the military exercises planned for March by South Korea and the US, which next week will also carry out a theoretical exercise simulating a nuclear attack by the regime.
North Korea carried out a record number of missile launches in 2022, around fifty, in many cases in response to joint maneuvers by the South and the US and the deployment of strategic Pentagon assets on the peninsula.
Satellite photos also show that the Punggye-ri nuclear test center (northeast of the country) has been fully rehabilitated for almost a year and is ready to host a new atomic test.
On the other hand, the North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, has witnessed a soccer match in honor of his father, Kim Jong-il, with his daughter, state media reported today.
The act, a match played on Friday between members of the army and members of the Cabinet, marks the sixth public appearance of the minor (which the KCNA agency once again referred to simply as the marshal's "beloved daughter"), and the first time in the one who appears in an event that is not purely military.
Very little is known about the young woman, whose name is believed to be Ju-ae and whose public appearances since November have sparked speculation that Kim is naming her as his successor, though most experts believe it is too early to say. venture anything and possibly the secretive North Korean regime simply wants to portray the leader as a family man.
The soccer game was part of the celebrations of the so-called "Bright Star Day", celebrated every year around February 16 (the day the current leader father, Kim Jong-il, was born).
It also served to clear up some speculations due to the absence of Kim Jong-un himself, as well as his sister Kim Yo-jong, in the traditional ceremony held on February 16 at the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun, where the remains rest. from his parent.
Only on a few occasions has the leader not gone to the mentioned palace on the occasion of the birthdays or the dates of the death of his father or grandfather, the founder of the country Kim Il-sung, whose mummified body also lies in Kumsusan, with which that His absence suggested the possibility that the leader had traveled to another part of the country to witness an arms test.
