China is blaming the 'negative impact' of military drills for tensions within the Korean Peninsula after North Korea launched a ballistic missile on Thursday.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin answers a question during a press conference at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Beijing on August 8, 2022."Evacuate immediately. Immediately evacuate inside the building or underground," the warning on Thursday morning read."The missile is expected to fall around Hokkaido around 08:00. Please evacuate immediately."
Japan Broadcasting Corporation, known as NHK, later posted a bulletin stating that the missile wasn't likely to fall in Hokkaido. A South Korean military official said that the warning to"evacuate immediately" might have involved a"new type of ballistic missile."A missile is displayed during a military parade to mark the 75th founding anniversary of North Korea's army, in Pyongyang, North Korea, on Feb. 8, 2023.
"So far we assess that they fired a new type of ballistic missile with an intermediate or intercontinental range," the official said, according to Reuters.said it"strongly condemns" the missile launch, stating that the test involved a"long-range ballistic missile." "The President and his national security team are assessing the situation in close coordination with our allies and partners," National Security Council Spokesperson Adrienne Watson said.A TV screen is seen reporting North Korea's missile launch on Thursday, April 13, 2023, with file footage during a news program shown at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea.
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