Will the unpredictable North Korean leader provoke conflict on the Korean peninsula?
South Korea Defense Ministry spokesman Kwon Ki-joon, said that "several projectiles" flew about 1,000 kilometers.
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Pyongyang cited the ongoing military exercise between the US and South Korea as a reason behind the move.
'Trump forgets that Kim is not one who likes to be treated publicly as a pauper; he wants to come to the table as an equal, and from a position of perceived strength, not as a suppliant,' says Dr Rajaram Panda.