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[November] North Korea's Provocations in 2022

  Nov. 2, 2022 North Korea launched four short-range ballistic missiles (SRBMs) into the Yellow Sea at 6:51 a.m.(KST) from Chongju and Pihyon in North Pyongan Province, followed by three SRBMs into the East Sea at 8:51 a.m. from Wonsan, Kangwon Province. One of those three SRBMs landed in the South of the Northern Limit Line (NLL), which serves as the de facto inter-Korean maritime border. The SRBM landed in the sea 167 kilometers northwest of the island but only 57 kilometers northeast of the South Korean coastal city of Sokcho and 34 kilometers outside the South's territorial waters. This is the first time North Korea has fired a missile toward South Korean territory. At 9:12 a.m., North Korea fired an additional 10 suspected surface-to-air missiles into the East Sea from Nakwon, Chongpyong, and Sinpo in South Hamgyong Province and into the Yellow Sea from Onchon and Hwajin-ri in South Pyongan and Kwa-il in South Hwanghae Province. From 11:10 a.m., in response to the North&

[October] North Korea's Provocations in 2022

October 1, 2022 North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles toward the East Sea from the Sunan area in Pyongyang between 6:45 a.m.(KST) and 7:03 a.m.(KST), and the missiles flew some 350 kilometers (217 miles) at apogees of around 30 km (19 mi) at a top speed of Mach 6. North Korea’s escalation of the tension is thought to be in response to South Korea’s Armed Forces Day(Oct. 1), as well as to a military drill by South, the U.S., and Japan in the East Sea. (source: The Asia Today ) North Korea's tactical ballistic missiles fire on October 1   October 4, 2022 North Korea fired an intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM) from Mupyong-ri in the northern province of Jagang at 7:23 a.m(KST). The missile flew over Japan about 4,600 kilometers(2,850 miles) before landing in the Pacific Ocean, reaching an apex of 1,000 kilometers and a terminal speed of Mach 17 in its final re-entry phase. North Korea's missile launch put U.S. military bases in Guam within reach. The U.S.