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Seoul, Sep 28 (EFE/EPA).- South Korea’s Joint Chief of Staff confirmed North Korea launched a single-projectile short-range missile Tuesday into the Sea of Japan.The launch occurred in the country’s east at about 6.40 am on Tuesday (21.40 GMT on Monday), triggering an emergency meeting of the National Security Committee "to analyze the launch of the short-range missile." and "discuss countermeasures," the government said.Seoul said it regretted the launch came at a sensitive time for political stability on the Korean peninsula and is analyzing more details about the test and "its intentions". (Camera: JEON HEON-KYUN).SHOT LIST: COMMUTERS WATCH NEWS ON NORTH KOREA'S MISSILE LAUNCH AT A TRAIN STATION IN SEOUL, AND PEOPLE VISIT THE KOREAN WAR MEMORIAL MUSEUM IN SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA.
Seoul, Mar 24 (EFE/EPA).- United States President Joe Biden said little had changed after it emerged that North Korea fired two cruise missiles from its west coast over the weekend.Pyongyang suggested the possibility of resuming these tests last week, coinciding with joint Seoul-Washington military exercises and the visit of the US secretaries of state and defense to the South Korean capital.(Camera: JEON HEON-KYUN)SHOT LIST: TV NEWS BROADCAST AT THE YONGSAN ELECTRONICS MARKET IN SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA.
Seoul, Oct 10 (EFE/EPA).- North Korea appears to have held a military parade early Saturday to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the founding of the ruling Workers' Party, South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said."Signs have been detected that North Korea conducted a military parade at the Kim Il-sung square at dawn by mobilizing a large number of equipment and personnel," the JCS said in a brief statement."South Korean and the US intelligence authorities have been analyzing (the event), including the possibility that it could be the main event, (not a rehearsal)," it added, local news agency Yonhap reported. (Camera: JEON HEON-KYUN). SHOT LIST: SOUTH KOREANS WATCH A FILE IMAGE NEWS ABOUT THE NORTH KOREA'S APPARENT MILITARY PARADE IN PYEONGCHANG, AT A STATION IN SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA.
Some South Koreans are frustrated as their loved ones have been quarantined inside hospitals, as the country scrambles to control the MERS outbreak. Yiming Woo reports.
Hundreds of South Koreans gather in Seoul to protest against the release of wastewater from the crippled Fukushima nuclear reactor. Meanwhile, seawater samples taken following the release of wastewater from the crippled Fukushima nuclear reactor showed radioactivity levels well within safe limits, operator TEPCO said on Friday. IMAGES
South Koreans hold up banners and demonstrate against the discharge of wastewater from the crippled Fukushima power plant in Japan, on the day the water's release into the Pacific Ocean began. IMAGES