Pyongyang’s artillery fire minutes before the appearance of the US Secretary of War at the border of the two Koreas
The Joi Staff of the South Korean Army announced the firing of several artillery rockets by North Korea minutes before the appearance of the US Secretary of War on the border of the two Koreas and announced that the details of this action are being investigated by the releva institutions in Washington and Seoul.
According to Isna, the South Korean military informed AFP that North Korea fired several artillery rockets an hour before the visit of US Secretary of War Pete Hegst to the coury’s border with South Korea.
Agence France-Presse reported: South Korea’s Joi Chiefs of Staff also announced that Pyongyang had fired similar weapons minutes before South Korean Preside Lee Jae-myung’s talks with his Chinese couerpart Xi Jinping last week.
South Korea’s Joi Chiefs of Staff announced that they had recely “detected the firing of about 10 artillery rockets io the northern part of the West Sea” – South Korea’s name for the Yellow Sea.
These weapons were fired on November 1 at around 3 pm and on November 3 at around 4 pm.
The Joi Staff of the South Korean Army added: Currely, the details of these missiles are being carefully analyzed and investigated by South Korean and American ielligence officials.
The eves of Hogst’s trip to South Korea
On November 3, as the first US Secretary of War in eight years, Hoggst visited the heavily guarded border crossing between the two Koreas.
He visited Panmunjom – the truce village that symbolizes the confroation between the two Koreas – after stopping at the Ulet Observation Post, which overlooks the demilitarized zone.
South Korea’s Defense Ministry said in a stateme that Hogst and South Korean Defense Minister Ahn Gyu-baek “emphasized the strong combined defense posture and close cooperation between South Korea and the United States.”
At a joi News conference with South Korea’s defense minister, Hegst said the Asian coury was facing a “dangerous security environme.” The two sides agreed to be “vigila and aware” of the threats they face.
He also said that increasing South Korea’s defense spending would “accelerate the coury’s ability to conduct its conveional deterrence and defense against North Korea.”
South Korea’s preside announced that Seoul will increase its defense budget by 8.2 perce to 66.3 trillion won ($6 billion) from 2025, the largest increase in six years.
Hoggst’s trip comes after Preside Donald Trump’s overtures to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during his visit to Asia last week received no public response from Pyongyang.
However, Trump has indicated that he is still willing to return to meet with Kim Jong Un in the future.
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