North Korea Silent, No Report on Missile Launch a Day Later

North Korea has remained silent without releasing any reports today (August 13), the day after firing a ballistic missile toward the East Sea.

As of 7:00 AM today, no news of the missile has been published in the Korean Central News Agency, an external-facing media outlet, or the Rodong Sinmun, the Workers' Party newspaper read by citizens.

North Korea typically discloses weapons tests or shows of force through state media the morning after conducting them, but this time it has maintained silence.

North Korea also did not report on the ballistic missile it launched on the 6th.

The Joint Chiefs of Staff announced that it detected one ballistic missile fired from the Wonsan area toward the East Sea at around 6:00 AM yesterday, and that the missile's flight distance was over 700 kilometers.

The Joint Chiefs of Staff announced that it had detected the launch of one short-range ballistic missile from the Wonsan area at around 5:00 PM on the 6th.

(Photo: Korean Central News Agency, Yonhap News)
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