{"id":3655,"date":"2019-10-02T17:02:26","date_gmt":"2019-10-02T17:02:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/eastasiaandoceaniablog\/?p=3655"},"modified":"2019-10-04T18:04:28","modified_gmt":"2019-10-04T18:04:28","slug":"north-korean-ballistic-missile-lands-in-japans-waters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/eastasiaandoceaniablog\/2019\/10\/02\/north-korean-ballistic-missile-lands-in-japans-waters\/","title":{"rendered":"North Korean ballistic missile lands in Japan\u2019s waters"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Pyongyang fired what appeared to be a submarine-launched ballistic missile on Wednesday morning, after agreeing to hold working-level talks with the US<\/li><li>Japan said the missile possibly split into two, with one part landing in its exclusive economic zone<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">People in Seoul watch coverage of North Korea\u2019s missile launch. Photo: AP<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">North Korea fired what appeared to be a \u201csubmarine-launched ballistic missile\u201d, Seoul said on Wednesday, a day after Washington and Pyongyang announced they would resume stalled nuclear talks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pyongyang frequently couples diplomatic overtures with military moves, as a way of maintaining pressure on negotiating partners, analysts say, and may believe this weapons system gives it added leverage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A proven submarine-based missile capability would take the North\u2019s arsenal to a new level, allowing deployment far beyond the Korean peninsula and a \u201csecond strike\u201d capability in the event of an attack on its military bases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The South\u2019s Joint Chiefs of Staff said it detected a ballistic missile early on Wednesday fired about 450km in an easterly direction at a maximum altitude of 910km.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The missile was \u201cbelieved to be one of the Pukkuksong models\u201d, the JCS said in a statement, referring to a line of submarine-launched ballistic missiles (SLBM) under development by the North.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSuch actions by North Korea to raise tensions are not helpful to efforts to ease tensions on the Korean peninsula and we urge it again to stop immediately,\u201d it added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The North carried out a successful test of the Pukkuksong-1, also known as KN-11, in August 2016 which flew around 500km.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Korea is estimated to have about 70 submarines, including some 20 1,800-tonne Romeo class submarines. Wednesday\u2019s launch may be part of efforts to develop new missiles to be fitted onto a new 3,000-tonne submarine which is being developed, analysts said.ADVERTISING inRead\u00a0invented by Teads<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe North\u2019s submarine-launched ballistic missiles constitute a serious security threat to South Korea, Japan and the United States as well,\u201d said defence analyst Lee Il-woo from the Korea Defence Network. \u201cThe North\u2019s submarines could sneak up near enemy territories and launch attacks with such missiles.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The US said it was monitoring the situation on the Korean peninsula. In a statement, the State Department called on Pyongyang to \u201crefrain from provocations\u201d and remain committed to the nuclear negotiations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Japan\u2019s top government spokesman said on Wednesday the ballistic missile may have split into two before falling into waters off Japan\u2019s west coast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Japanese government earlier said North Korea appeared to have launched two missiles and one had landed within Japan\u2019s exclusive economic zone \u2013 a 200km band around Japanese territory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAt the moment, it seems that one missile was launched and that split into two and fell. We are conducting analysis for details,\u201d chief cabinet secretary Yoshihide Suga told a regular news conference.The launch came a day after the North\u2019s Vice Foreign Minister Choe Son-hui said Pyongyang had agreed to\u00a0hold working-level talks\u00a0with Washington later this week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The two sides will have \u201cpreliminary contact\u201d on Friday and hold negotiations the following day, Choe said in a statement carried by the official Korean Central News Agency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">US State Department spokeswoman Morgan Ortagus later confirmed the talks, which she said would happen \u201cwithin the next week\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt seems North Korea wants to make its negotiating position quite clear before talks even begin,\u201d Harry Kazianis of the Centre for the National Interest in Washington said after Wednesday\u2019s launch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cPyongyang seems set to push Washington to back off from past demands of full denuclearisation for what are only promises of sanctions relief.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is not the first time the North has followed up an offer of talks with a weapons test.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pyongyang tested what it called a \u201csuper-large\u201d rocket launcher last month just hours after Choe released a statement saying that the North was willing to resume working-level talks with Washington.Negotiations between the two have been deadlocked since a second summit between the North\u2019s leader\u00a0Kim Jong-un\u00a0and US President\u00a0Donald Trump\u00a0in February ended without a deal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The two agreed to restart dialogue during an impromptu meeting at the demilitarised zone dividing the two Koreas in June, but the North\u2019s anger at a US refusal to cancel joint military deals with South Korea put the process on hold.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pyongyang also carried out several weapons tests since the meeting that have been downplayed by Trump, who dismissed them as \u201csmall\u201d and insisted his personal ties with Kim remained good.Relations thawed last month after Trump\u00a0fired his hawkish national security adviser\u00a0John Bolton, who Pyongyang had repeatedly denounced as a warmonger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">North Korea\u2019s chief negotiator responded positively to Trump\u2019s suggestion that the two sides try a \u201cnew method\u201d of approaching their discussions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump had criticised Bolton\u2019s suggestion of the \u201cLibyan model\u201d for North Korea, a reference to a denuclearisation deal with the African nation\u2019s former dictator Muammar Gaddafi \u2013 who was killed after being deposed in 2011.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pyongyang fired what appeared to be a submarine-launched ballistic missile on Wednesday morning, after agreeing to hold working-level talks with the US Japan said the missile possibly split into two, with one part landing in its exclusive economic zone People in Seoul watch coverage of North Korea\u2019s missile launch. 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