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SOUTH KOREAN generals said yesterday that North Korea had test-fired three missiles as Beijing pressed Seoul to halt the establishment of US missile defence systems.
Seoul’s joint chiefs of staff said Pyongyang had launched three Rodong ballistic missiles, which landed somewhere in Japan’s 200-nautical-mile maritime exclusion zone.
The top brass called it an “armed protest” to coincide with the G20 summit in Hangzhou, China, while Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga called the launches a “serious threat” to the country’s security.
On the sidelines of the G20 summit Chinese President Xi Jinping buttonholed South Korea’s Park Geun Hye on the planned deployment of the US anti-ballistic missiles in her country.
Mr Xi warned Ms Park that “mishandling the issue is not conducive to strategic stability in the region and could intensify disputes.”
China and Russia both object to the move, saying it is aimed at neutralising their own nuclear deterrents.
