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WORLD NEWS Wednesday 11 september 2019
North Korea fires 2 projectiles after offering talks with US

By HYUNG-JIN KIM end.” Kim Dong-yub, an
Associated Press analyst at Seoul’s Institute
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — for Far Eastern Studies, said
North Korea launched two the North likely tested one
projectiles toward the sea of the new weapons sys-
on Tuesday, South Korea’s tems it demonstrated in
military said, hours after the July and August.
North offered to resume \They include a mobile
nuclear diplomacy with the short-range ballistic missile
United States but warned system that experts say re-
its dealings with Washing- sembled an enlarged ver-
ton may end without new sion of the U.S. Army Tacti-
U.S. proposals. cal Missile System and a
The launches and demand “super-large” multiple rock-
for new proposals were et system the North tested
apparently aimed at pres- on Aug. 24.
suring the United States to Kim said the North was ap-
make concessions when parently trying to increase
the North Korea-U.S. talks its bargaining power by
restart. North Korea is wide- pairing its dialogue offer
ly believed to want the with short-range launch-
United States to provide se- es, sending a message to
curity guarantees and ex- People watch a TV showing a file image of a North Korea’s missile launch during a news program Trump that it could poten-
tensive relief from U.S.-led at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2019. tially tests bigger weapons
sanctions in return for limit- Associated Press if the United States refuses
ed denuclearization steps. don’t satisfy North Korea, hensive discussions in late Democratic People’s Re- to make major conces-
The North Korean projec- dealings between the two September of the issues public of Korea, the North’s sions.
tiles fired from its South countries may end. we have so far taken up, official name. Talks on North Korea’s
Phyongan province, which President Donald Trump at a time and place to be She warned that “if the nuclear disarmament fell
surrounds its capital city called North Korea’s an- agreed.” U.S. side fingers again the apart in February when
of Pyongyang, flew about nouncement “interesting.” Choe said she hopes the worn-out scenario which Trump rejected North Ko-
330 kilometers (205 miles) “We’ll see what happens,” United States will bring “a has nothing to do with new rean leader Kim Jong Un’s
across the country and in Trump said. “In the mean- proposal geared to the in- decision methods at the demand for sweeping
the direction of the waters time, we have our hostag- terests of the DPRK and the DPRK-U.S. working nego- sanctions relief in return
off its east coast, accord- es back, we’re getting the U.S. and based on deci- tiation to be held with so for partial disarmament
ing to South Korea’s Joint remains of our great heroes sion methods acceptable much effort, the DPRK-U.S. at their second summit in
Chiefs of Staff and Defense back and we’ve had no to us.” DPRK stands for the dealings may come to an Vietnam.q
Ministry. nuclear testing for a long
The military said South Ko- time.”
rea will monitor possible The White House said it was
additional launches. The aware of the new reports of
JCS didn’t immediately say projectiles being launched
whether the weapons were from North Korea and was
ballistic missiles or rocket ar- continuing to monitor the
tillery. “More detailed anal- situation and consulting
ysis is needed to determine with its allies in the region.
the exact specifications,” South Korea’s presidential
JCS spokesman Kim Joon- office said national secu-
rak said. rity adviser Chung Eui-yong
Tuesday’s launches were presided over an emer-
the eighth round of launch- gency National Security
es since late July and the Council meeting where of-
first since Aug. 24. The ficials expressed “strong
previous seven launches concern” over the continu-
have revealed short-range ing short-range launches
missile and rocket artillery by the North.
systems that experts say “We believe North Korea is
would potentially expand upgrading its (missile) tech-
its capabilities to strike tar- nology by repeatedly firing
gets throughout South Ko- missiles,” said Japanese
rea, including U.S. military Defense Minister Takeshi
bases. Iwaya. “We consider this
On Monday night, the a serious problem and will
North’s first vice foreign continue to monitor the de-
minister, Choe Son Hui, said velopment, while ensuring
North Korea is willing to re- the functioning of warning
sume nuclear diplomacy and surveillance activity.”
in late September but that In the late-night statement
Washington must come to carried by state media,
the negotiating table with Choe said North Korea is
acceptable new propos- willing to sit down with the
als. She said if the proposals United States “for compre-