Pyongyang’s artillery fire minutes before the appearance of the US Secretary of War at the border of the two Koreas

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 country’s border with South Korea.

Agence France-Presse reported: South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff also announced that Pyongyang had fired similar weapons minutes before South Korean President Lee Jae-myung’s talks with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping last week.

South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff announced that they had recently “detected the firing of about 10 artillery rockets into 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 Joint Staff of the South Korean Army added: Currently, the details of these missiles are being carefully analyzed and investigated by South Korean and American intelligence officials.

The events 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 confrontation between the two Koreas – after stopping at the Ulet Observation Post, which overlooks the demilitarized zone.

South Korea’s Defense Ministry said in a statement 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 joint News conference with South Korea’s defense minister, Hegst said the Asian country was facing a “dangerous security environment.” The two sides agreed to be “vigilant and aware” of the threats they face.

He also said that increasing South Korea’s defense spending would “accelerate the country’s ability to conduct its conventional deterrence and defense against North Korea.”

South Korea’s president announced that Seoul will increase its defense budget by 8.2 percent to 66.3 trillion won ($6 billion) from 2025, the largest increase in six years.

Hoggst’s trip comes after President 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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