{"id":17175,"date":"2022-05-07T15:33:36","date_gmt":"2022-05-07T10:03:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/demo.testctsl.in\/indiafirstepaper?p=17175"},"modified":"2022-05-07T15:33:36","modified_gmt":"2022-05-07T10:03:36","slug":"seoul-claims-firing-of-unidentified-projectile-from-n-korea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/demo.testctsl.in\/indiafirstepaper\/2022\/05\/07\/seoul-claims-firing-of-unidentified-projectile-from-n-korea\/","title":{"rendered":"Seoul Claims Firing of Unidentified Projectile from N.Korea"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Seoul, May 7 (IANS) North Korea on Saturday fired an unidentified projectile towards the East Sea, the latest in Pyongyang&#8217;s saber-rattling that comes just days before South Korean President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol&#8217;s inauguration, the military in Seoul said.<\/p>\n<p>South Korea&#8217;s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) announced the launch, the North&#8217;s 15th show of force this year, reports Yonhap News Agency.<\/p>\n<p>Details of the projectile were not immediately known.<\/p>\n<p>Military authorities here presume the launch involves a ballistic missile, a source said.<\/p>\n<p>The latest launch came after the North test-fired what was presumed to be an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>In an unusual move, the North&#8217;s state media did not report on Wednesday&#8217;s launch, spawning speculation it might have failed.<\/p>\n<p>Concerns have persisted that the North could continue to engage in provocations, such as another ICBM launch or a nuclear test, particularly around Yoon&#8217;s inauguration slated for Tuesday or his summit with US President Joe Biden scheduled for May 21.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Seoul, May 7 (IANS) North Korea on Saturday fired an unidentified projectile towards the East Sea, the latest in Pyongyang&#8217;s saber-rattling that comes just days before South Korean President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol&#8217;s inauguration, the military in Seoul said. South Korea&#8217;s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) announced the launch, the North&#8217;s 15th show of force this year, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17176,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17175","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.testctsl.in\/indiafirstepaper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17175","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.testctsl.in\/indiafirstepaper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.testctsl.in\/indiafirstepaper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.testctsl.in\/indiafirstepaper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.testctsl.in\/indiafirstepaper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17175"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/demo.testctsl.in\/indiafirstepaper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17175\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17177,"href":"https:\/\/demo.testctsl.in\/indiafirstepaper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17175\/revisions\/17177"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.testctsl.in\/indiafirstepaper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17176"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.testctsl.in\/indiafirstepaper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17175"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.testctsl.in\/indiafirstepaper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17175"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.testctsl.in\/indiafirstepaper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17175"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}