South Korea says North Korea fired at the very least one ballistic missile towards its jap waters

 South Korea’s navy says North Korea has fired at the very least one ballistic missile towards its jap waters.

South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff on Friday (November 7, 2025) didn’t instantly launch different particulars. It wasn’t clear what kind of ballistic weapon it was or how far it flew.

North Korea has been accelerating the tempo of its weapons testing in latest weeks, together with the firing of purported hypersonic missiles and cruise missiles final month.

The newest launch got here days after U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth traveled to South Korea for annual safety talks between the allies on Tuesday and praised South Korean plans to lift its navy spending within the face of North Korean nuclear threats and different regional uncertainties.

North Korean chief Kim Jong Un has been shunning all types of talks with Washington and Seoul since his diplomacy with U.S. President Donald Trump derailed throughout Trump’s first time period in 2019 amid disagreements over buying and selling aid from U.S.-led sanctions on the North for steps to dismantle Mr. Kim’s nuclear program.

He has since accelerated the growth of his nuclear weapons and missiles program, whereas making Russia of his international coverage, sending hundreds of troops and huge quantities of navy tools to assist gasoline President Vladimir Putin’s struggle on Ukraine. Mr. Kim’s arsenal now consists of nuclear-capable missiles of assorted ranges concentrating on U.S. allies in Asia and the U.S. mainland.