(8 May 2025)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Seoul, South Korea – 8 May 2025
1. Wide of Lee Sung Joon, Joint Chiefs of Staff spokesperson, at South Korea’s defense ministry briefing
2. SOUNDBITE (Korean) Lee Sung Joon, Joint Chiefs of Staff spokesperson:
"Our military detected several short-range ballistic missiles of various types launched from the Wonsan area in North Korea toward the East Sea from approximately 08:10 to 09:20 today. The missiles flew up to a maximum distance of 800 kilometers before landing in the East Sea."
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3. SOUNDBITE (Korean) Lee Sung Joon, Joint Chiefs of Staff spokesperson:
"The military is taking necessary measures and is analyzing the background and intent of the launches. However, it is also assessed that the launches may have been conducted to test performance for potential exports or to evaluate flight stability."
4. Wide of briefing
STORYLINE:
South Korea’s military said North Korea fired several ballistic missiles Thursday toward its eastern waters, adding to a run of weapons tests that have raised animosity in the region.
Speaking in Seoul on Thursday, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff Lee Sung Joon said that the weapons, fired from an area around the eastern port city of Wonsan in North Korea, were presumed to be short-range ballistic missiles.
It was the North’s first known ballistic activity since March 10, when it fired several ballistic missiles hours after U.S. and South Korean troops began an annual combined military exercise, and the country’s sixth launch event of the year.
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