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A6 WORLD NEWS
Thursday 3 November 2022
N Korea fires 23 missiles, prompting air raid alert in South

By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associ- it eventually landed 167
ated Press kilometers (104 miles) north-
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) west of the island. South
— Air raid sirens sounded Korea's military issued an air
on a South Korean island raid alert on the island, ac-
and residents evacuated cording to the South's Joint
to underground shelters af- Chiefs of Staff. South Kore-
ter North Korea fired more an media published photos
than 20 missiles Wednes- of island residents moving
day, at least one of them to underground shelters.
in its direction and landing Hours later, South Korea's
near the rivals' tense sea military said it lifted the air
border. South Korea quick- raid alert on the island.
ly responded by launching South Korea's transport
its own missiles in the same ministry said it has closed
border area. some air routes above the
The launches came hours country's eastern waters
after North Korea threat- until Thursday morning in
ened to use nuclear weap- the wake of the North Ko-
ons to get the U.S. and rean launches.
South Korea to "pay the That missile landed 26 ki-
most horrible price in his- lometers (16 miles) away
tory" in protest of ongoing from the rivals' sea border.
South Korean-U.S. military In this photo provided by the South Korea Defense Ministry, South Korean Air Forces' KF-16 fighters It landed in international
drills that it views as an in- prepare to take off during a joint aerial drills called Vigilant Storm between U.S and South Korea, waters off the east coast of
in Gunsan, South Korea, Monday, Oct. 31, 2022.
vasion rehearsal. The White South Korea.
House maintained that the weekend Halloween trage- noon off its its eastern and created in 2018 to reduce South Korea's military said
United States has no hostile dy that saw more than 150 western coasts on Wednes- tensions, according to it was the first time a North
intent toward North Korea people killed in a crowd day. It said the weapons South Korea's military. Korean missile has landed
and vowed to work with surge in Seoul in what was were all short-range bal- The 23 missiles launched is so close to the sea border
allies to curb North Korea's the country's largest disas- listic missiles or suspected a record number of daily since the countries' division
nuclear ambitions. ter in years. surface-to-air missiles. Also missile tests by North Korea, in 1948.
The North's barrage of mis- South Korea's military said Wednesday, North Korea some experts say. "This is very unprecedented
sile tests also came as world North Korea launched at fired about 100 artillery One of the ballistic missiles and we will never tolerate
attention was focused on least 23 missiles 17 in the shells into an eastern mari- was flying toward South Ko- it," the Joint Chiefs of Staff
South Korea following a morning and six in the after- time buffer zone the Koreas rea's Ulleung island before said in a statement. q

China's Xi affirms commitment to

Pakistan economic ties

ficial Xinhua News Agency. tries across Asia, Africa and nese nationals in Pakistan's
Beijing and Islamabad Europe. Thousands of Chi- northwestern Khyber Pukh-
have ties dating from the nese workers have been tunkhwa province. Four
Cold War, in part due to deployed to the project, Pakistanis also died in that
their mutual tensions with although not all Pakistanis attack.
India, with which China has have welcomed their pres- Xi touched on the security
a lengthy disputed border ence. In April, three Chi- issue, saying he was "highly
that sparked a 1962 war nese nationals and their concerned about the safe-
and more recent clashes. Pakistani driver were killed ty of Chinese in Pakistan,
Pakistan and India have when their van was blown and hopes Pakistan can
fought repeatedly over the up by a suicide bomber. provide a reliable and safe
Muslim majority Himalayan The Chinese fatalities in- environment for Chinese
territory of Kashmir. cluded the director of the institutions and personnel
In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, Chinese
President Xi Jinping, right, poses with Pakistani Prime Minister China has committed tens Chinese-built Confucius carrying out cooperation in
Shahbaz Sharif before their bilateral meeting at the Great of millions of dollars to build Institute, which offers Chi- Pakistan."
Hall of the People in Beijing, Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2022. Xi on power plants and other in- nese language graduate In a statement, Sharif's of-
Wednesday affirmed his country's commitment to invest in frastructure in Pakistan, and classes, and two teachers. fice said he thanked Xi for
Pakistan despite obstacles created in recent years by security Xi pointed to transport links The Baluchistan Liberation "China's invaluable assis-
concerns and the global economic slowdown. to the Arabian Sea port of Army, a militant group in tance to Pakistan's relief,
Associated press
Gwadar and in the south- nearby Baluchistan prov- rehabilitation and recon-
BEIJING (AP) — Chinese nomic slowdown. ern trade hub of Karachi as ince that includes Gwadar, struction efforts in the wake
President Xi Jinping on Xi cited the "all-weather key elements in that effort. claimed responsibility for of devastation caused by
Wednesday affirmed his strategic partnership" be- Pakistan is a main link in Xi's the attack. super floods in the country."
country's commitment to tween the countries during sprawling "Belt and Road The Pakistani Taliban has It said the sides agreed
invest in Pakistan despite a meeting in Beijing with Initiative" that aims to build also targeted Chinese in- to speed up projects
obstacles created in re- newly elected Pakistani and connect ports, rail- terests in the past, includ- and discussed extend-
cent years by security con- Prime Minister Shahbaz ways and roads to expand ing an attack on a bus last ing Chinese investment in
cerns and the global eco- Sharif, according to the of- trade in a vast arc of coun- year that killed nine Chi- Afghanistan.q