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North Korea has test-fired two types of submarine-launched strategic cruise missiles in the sea off its east coast, state media KCNA reports.
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Korea → fire → coast
The test-fire on Wednesday aimed to examine the reliability of war deterrents and improve the navy’s skill in performing strategic missions, the outlet said.
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outlet → aim → missions
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One of the missiles fired was a Pulhwasal-3-31, the same type of strategic cruise missile North Korea said it test-fired from land last week, according to KCNA.
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it → open → KCNA
Senior military officers observed the tests conducted at sea off the country’s east coast.
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officers → observe → coast
KCNA added that the tests had no adverse impact on the security of neighbouring countries.
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tests → add → countries
North Korea is not yet believed to have launched a modern missile submarine in full operation.
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Korea → believe → operation
This is a top military priority of the country’s leader Kim Jong Un, who has overseen the development of a range of strategic ballistic and cruise missiles.
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who → oversee → missiles
Last year, Kim Jong Un criticised a nuclear submarine deal between the US and South Korea while he toured his country’s submarine production facility, where state media images showed an 8,700-tonne nuclear-powered missile submarine under construction.
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images → criticise → construction
On his tour, he described the deal as a threat to the stability of the Korean Peninsula, KCNA reported.
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KCNA → describe → Peninsula
Recent developments
Pyongyang has fired off a flurry of missiles in recent weeks.
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Earlier this week, North Korea fired multiple ballistic missiles towards the sea off its east coast, adding to a series of tests as tensions between Seoul and Pyongyang are on the rise.
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tensions → fire → rise
On October 3, North Korea also tested a hypersonic intermediate-range missile designed to evade missile defences in South Korea and Japan.
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Korea → test → Korea
After the ballistic missile launch, Seoul’s Joint Chiefs of Staff spokesperson Jang Do-young said the move appeared to be a show of force as it came days after South Korea tested its own hypersonic weapon.
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Korea → say → weapon
Last week, South Korean President Lee Jae Myung oversaw the country’s first test firing of a hypersonic missile, a rare public showcase of a missile test by a South Korean president.
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Myung → oversee → president
Lee’s office said the hypersonic weapon, once fully developed, would enhance South Korea’s ability to strike key targets by surprise in the “Korean Peninsula theatre of operations”.
Inter-Korean relations have further soured as a landmine blast, which Seoul blamed on North Korea, wounded three soldiers in September in the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) between the two countries.
A joint South Korean-United Nations investigation concluded that two landmines that exploded last month in the DMZ were planted by North Korean forces about a year ago, prompting Seoul to demand an official apology.
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Pyongyang has sharply accelerated military fortification along the DMZ as part of leader Kim Jong Un’s “hostile-states” policy, launched in 2023, to permanently sever ties with South Korea.
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Pyongyang → accelerate → Korea
Diplomatic efforts on the Korean Peninsula have stalled since the collapse of denuclearisation talks between Washington and Pyongyang in 2019 during the first Trump administration.
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efforts → stall → administration
While Trump has floated the possibility of meeting Kim Jong Un in his second term, no such meeting has materialised.
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meeting → float → term
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