{"id":6426,"date":"2025-10-22T07:49:58","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T07:49:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.globaltalenthq.com\/?p=6426"},"modified":"2025-10-27T18:47:30","modified_gmt":"2025-10-27T18:47:30","slug":"north-korea-launches-ballistic-missiles-seoul","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.globaltalenthq.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/22\/north-korea-launches-ballistic-missiles-seoul\/","title":{"rendered":"North Korea launches ballistic missiles \u2013 Seoul"},"content":{"rendered":"
News outlets have speculated that the test was timed to coincide with US President Donald Trump\u2019s upcoming visit to South Korea<\/strong><\/p>\n North Korea fired several ballistic missiles on Wednesday morning, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) have reported.<\/p>\n The short-range weapons were launched from the southern North Hwanghae Province and traveled roughly 350km before landing in North Hamgyong Province, in the country’s northeast, according to a statement from Seoul. Military analysts believe the projectiles may have been of the same type tested by Pyongyang in September of 2024.<\/p>\n Japan’s newly appointed prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, said Tokyo was sharing real-time tracking and warning data with both the United States and South Korea following the launches.<\/p>\n Pyongyang has not commented on the tests, which mark the latest in a series of ballistic missile trials this year. The previous round took place in early May.<\/p>\n Some media outlets have suggested that the new launch was timed in anticipation of US President Donald Trump’s upcoming visit to South Korea. He is scheduled to attend the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit next week in the coastal city of Gyeongju.<\/p>\n