North Korea fires unidentified projectile, South Korea military says

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North Korean ‌leader Kim Jong Un said that his country’s presumption    arsenic  a ⁠nuclear-armed authorities   was irreversible ⁠and that expanding a “self-defensive atomic  deterrent” was indispensable  to ‌national security. File picture

North Korean ‌leader Kim Jong Un said that his country’s presumption arsenic a ⁠nuclear-armed authorities was irreversible ⁠and that expanding a “self-defensive atomic deterrent” was indispensable to ‌national security. File picture | Photo Credit: AP

North Korea ⁠fired an unidentified projectile disconnected the country’s westbound seashore connected ‌Tuesday (May 26, 2026), South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff ‌said successful a ‌statement.

If ⁠confirmed arsenic a rocket ⁠launch, it would beryllium the archetypal since April 19, erstwhile ​North Korea ‌test-fired respective short-range ballistic missiles, which it said were equipped with clump bombs.

In aboriginal ‌April, Pyongyang besides ​said it tested a caller cluster-bomb warhead connected ⁠a ballistic rocket and an electromagnetic weapon, successful a ‌move that analysts said was portion of efforts to showcase the North’s capableness to combat a modern war.

North Korean ‌leader Kim Jong Un said ​in March that his country’s presumption arsenic a ⁠nuclear-armed authorities was irreversible ⁠and that expanding a “self-defensive atomic deterrent” was indispensable to ‌national security.

Published - May 26, 2026 10:26 americium IST

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