Air raid sirens sounded on a South Korean island and residents evacuated to underground shelters after North Korea fired more than 20 missiles Wednesday, at least one of them in its direction and landing near the rivals’ tense sea border.
SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea quickly responded by launching its own missiles in the same border area.
Hours later, South Korea’s military said it lifted the air raid alert on the island. South Korea’s transport ministry said it has closed some air routes above the country’s eastern waters until Thursday morning in the wake of the North Korean launches. Later Wednesday, South Korean fighter jets launched three air-to-surface, precision-guided missiles near the eastern sea border to show its determination to get tough on North Korean provocations. South Korea’s military said the missiles landed in international waters at the same distance of 26 kilometers north of the sea border as the North Korean missile fell earlier Wednesday.
North Korean short-range weapons are designed to strike key facilities in South Korea, including U.S. military bases there. Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida called North Korea’s continuing missile tests “absolutely impermissible.” In a statement released early Wednesday, Pak Jong Chon, a secretary of the ruling Workers’ Party who is considered a close confidant of leader Kim Jong Un, called the Vigilant Storm air force drills “aggressive and provocative.”
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