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    Official: NKorea test-fired short-range missiles

    SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea fired three short-range missiles this week in an apparent routine test of its technology, a South Korean official said Friday.

    The North fired the KN-02 missiles, which are usually deployed against ground targets and have a range of about 75 miles (120 kilometers), into its eastern waters on Wednesday, a Defense Ministry official said, speaking on condition of anonymity because of ministry policy.

    Japan's Sankei Shimbun newspaper first reported the tests.

    North Korea regularly conducts short-range missile tests, but the latest came as it tries to consolidate new leader Kim Jong Un's grip on power after his father Kim Jong Il's death on Dec. 17.

    North Korea has made it clear that it will continue Kim Jong Il's "songun," or military-first, policy under the leadership of Kim Jong Un, and a steady stream of propaganda has sought to portray the young leader as a confident military commander. There has been uneasiness about his rise among the North's neighbors and in Washington.

    North Korea conducted a short-range missile test hours after it announced Kim's death on Dec. 19.

    Wednesday's tests were seen as part of the North's attempts in recent years to improve the range and accuracy of its short-range missiles.

    "If the North wanted to send a message, it would have fired a greater number of longer-range missiles," said Kim Jin-moo, a North Korea expert at the Korea Institute for Defense Analyses in South Korea.

     
    • DukeofDixie  •  4 mths ago
      Who are they afraid of, certainly not China, the South has never shown any intent to attack the North or do they just like to strut around playing soldier, while their people starve. Communism, a monument to the stupidity of man
      • Matt 4 mths ago
        Good question. Why does a young child throw a temper tantrum when he doesn't get his way? Kim Jong Un is just upset that the whole world isn't catering to his every demand for complete separation from his own responsibilities.
      • It's Me 4 mths ago
        China is north not south btw. If we had China directly on our border we would have concern. After all, they aren't and we do. As for junior, he is more than likely concerned about ALL powers within and without. He wants to pretend he has "leverage"...just as his daddy did. It's a dog eat dog world, and we all have our illusions we live by.
      • _ 4 mths ago
        @ "It's Me"... when did the OP ever say that China is south? He was referring to "South Korea"...
    • George B  •  4 mths ago
      The NK military and party functionaries are well-fed, fat and happy - while the rest of North Korea starves.
    • hydrogen potato gun , sur ...  •  Irvine, California  •  4 mths ago
      this dude is the only over weight person in his whole country
      • first 4 mths ago
        That's some funny shyt dude.
      • James 4 mths ago
        Your observational skills are impeccable, my good sir.
      • None Yobiz 4 mths ago
        You say that like it's a bad thing.
    • Just Me, Richard  •  Knoxville, Tennessee  •  4 mths ago
      Does anyone else think it's funny that North Korea has a missile called a "No Dong?"
      • N. 4 mths ago
        ha ha! ha ha! ha ha! LOL!
      • Robert 4 mths ago
        Should be called no balls.
      • Ron 4 mths ago
        Hahahahahahahahaha...that's funny man!!!!!
    • Bacchus  •  Long Beach, California  •  4 mths ago
      Who cares. The US has a missle that can hit anywhere in the world in less than an hour
      • marvin 4 mths ago
        then why do we need 900 military bases all over the world?
      • . 4 mths ago
        haha
      • Just Me, Richard 4 mths ago
        J Pee -- obviously you care; otherwise why did you bother to read the article and comment on it?
    • Johnny Bravo  •  Chicago, Illinois  •  4 mths ago
      They aim at the ocean because no matter how poorly the weapon performs, they can still say they hit their target. "Hah!@ Another good test. Hit ocean again"
      • Robert 4 mths ago
        haha!! that would be like missing the air. lol
      • Marcus 4 mths ago
        hahahaha!! until they hit one of their fishing boats
    • blitz  •  Kaiserslautern, Germany  •  4 mths ago
      Nothing will change in NK just because Jung IL is dead, there are still too many of the old Generals in power, just let the country kill itself off.
    • Cary  •  Washington, District of Columbia  •  4 mths ago
      Quick!!! lets give them several million dollars so that they wont fire off any more missiles for another 2 or 3 years and the new leader can learn the same money making lesson that his father and grandfather did - bribe the rich U.S. with threats of missiles and war and get money so that the party doesn't have to come to an end and the citizens dont have to be given any rights, food, opportunity or even basic sanitary living conditions
    • Doc Savage  •  4 mths ago
      They can blow up money into the sea but they will not feed their people! They beg for food donations & then they pull this crap..! Ok China..you can have these { ill }-literates..
    • Paythepriceasyougo  •  4 mths ago
      If North Korea can afford to keep firing missles; North Korea has the funds to purchase food for its starving population. North Korea is just a con Nation begging to keep food for its military and keep its military arsenal current while force starving its own North Korea population. The USA is stupid, very ignorantly stupid to keep sending any food and/or nutritional meals when North Korea can afford to feed its own people.
    • TT  •  Washington, District of Columbia  •  4 mths ago
      Fat young man with a pig face
    • James K  •  Houston, Texas  •  4 mths ago
      I see Junior is flexing his muscles. Be warned, we are going to have to deal with this fat little basturd at some point. There is not much worse in this world then a spoiled rotten youngster with power and money and a big brother protecting him.
    • Alicia  •  Indianapolis, Indiana  •  4 mths ago
      I wonder how many of em it took to throw it that far.
    • Brian  •  Texarkana, Texas  •  4 mths ago
      Must keep the sabre rattling.
    • Davidgcoast  •  Biloxi, Mississippi  •  4 mths ago
      They need to strap that fat pig they call a leader to one of them.....
    • Jeffrey  •  4 mths ago
      A few years ago, CNN snuck some hidden cameras into N Korea, and we saw the grim reality! Dead people laying in the streets! So much for their great leaders!
    • N.  •  4 mths ago
      This just in: it is snowing outside. Back to you Chuck...
    • Orang-Utan  •  Santa Rosa, California  •  4 mths ago
      Now if they'll give Kimmy a test ride on one....... 8)
    • Roger  •  Cincinnati, Ohio  •  4 mths ago
      China uses North Korea as a proxy. Russia is using Iran as a proxy. It keeps the United States off bounce and spending valuable resources.
    • George  •  4 mths ago
      Rice for Nukes?

      N Korea = PATHETIC

      China = EVIL

      ❤USA❤
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