{"id":2501698,"date":"2025-10-22T04:59:02","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T08:59:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/north-korea-fires-ballistic-missiles-less-than-two-weeks-before-summit-of-world-leaders\/"},"modified":"2025-10-22T04:59:54","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T08:59:54","slug":"north-korea-fires-ballistic-missiles-less-than-two-weeks-before-summit-of-world-leaders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/north-korea-fires-ballistic-missiles-less-than-two-weeks-before-summit-of-world-leaders\/","title":{"rendered":"North Korea fires ballistic missiles less than two weeks before summit of world leaders"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnorth-korea-fires-ballistic-missiles-less-than-two-weeks-before-summit-of-world-leaders%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2501698&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>North Korea launched short-range ballistic missiles into the East Sea, less than two weeks before a major summit in South Korea where <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/facebook-oversight-board-punts-on-trump-ban-decision\/\" title=\"Facebook Oversight Board Punts on Trump Ban Decision\">world leaders including<\/a> the U.S. President and Chinese President are expected too attend. This marks North Korea&#8217;s first missile test since may and its fifth <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/north-korea-says-u-n-has-a-double-standard-over-missile-launches\/\" title=\"... Says U.N. Has A \u2018Double Standard\u2019 Over Missile ...es\">ballistic missile launch<\/a> this year. The <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >missiles <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/north-korea-fires-ballistic-missiles-ahead-of-summit-of-world-leaders\/\" title=\"... ahead of summit of world ...\">traveled approximately 217 miles<\/a><\/a> (350 kilometers), prompting South Korea&#8217;s Joint Chiefs of Staff to hold emergency meetings and increase surveillance and alertness. Officials described the launch as politically motivated, likely intended to draw attention before the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum scheduled for late October to early November in Gyeongju, South Korea. South Korean politicians urged measured responses to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/russian-officials-refuse-to-rule-out-sending-military-forces-to-latin-america-amid-escalation-with-u-s-report\/\" title=\"Russian ... 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It marks the first time North Korea has fired such a weapon since new South Korean President Lee Jae Myung was sworn into office in June. Lee had campaigned on decreasing hostilities between his country and North Korea.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3859239\/colombia-petro-uribe-acquittal-trump-sanctions\/\">Colombia&#8217;s Petro sees Trump-backed ex-president&#8217;s acquittal as path to US sanctions<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3858020\/zelensky-hopes-russia-stalling-tactics-trump-putin-meeing-tomahawk-negotiations\/\">Zelensky hopes Russia&#8217;s stalling tactics can revive Tomahawk negotiations<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3858307\/latino-gop-condemns-colombia-gustavo-petro-threats-overthrow-trump\/\">Latino GOP condemns Colombian president&#8217;s threats to &#8216;overthrow&#8217; Trump<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The missiles were fired into the East Sea, according to local media. South Korea&rsquo;s Joint Chiefs of Staff said it detected the missiles shortly after 8 a.m. local time, which traveled approximately 217 miles (350 kilometers). The JCS announced that it would monitor the situation and remain on alert while also increasing strategic communication with allies Japan and the U.S. JCS officials said they held an emergency meeting with the National Security Office and the Defense Ministry.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The military will enhance surveillance and vigilance in preparation for possible additional launches,&rdquo; <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.koreaherald.com\/article\/10598406\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a> South Korea&rsquo;s JCS.<\/p>\n<p>North Korea&rsquo;s weapons display came just days before officials from 21 countries, including U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping, Japan&rsquo;s new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, and others, will attend the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.apec.org\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation<\/a> forum in Gyeongju, South Korea, from Oct. 31 to Nov. 1. It is the first time in 20 years that the summit is in South Korea.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3858307\/latino-gop-condemns-colombia-gustavo-petro-threats-overthrow-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">LATINO GOP CONDEMNS COLOMBIAN PRESIDENT&rsquo;S THREATS TO &lsquo;OVERTHROW&rsquo; TRUMP<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Representatives from South Korea&rsquo;s National Intelligence Service called the launch &ldquo;politically motivated&rdquo; and said they would issue a measured but appropriate response.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;With the APEC summit just ahead, there is no need to overreact to the North&rsquo;s attempt to draw attention,&rdquo; <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.koreaherald.com\/article\/10598406\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a> South Korean politician Park Sun-won. &ldquo;If we show too much of a response, Pyongyang takes it as validation and repeats similar acts &mdash; tomorrow, the day after, or even during the summit itself.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>North Korea launches ballistic missiles ahead of summit<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2677,"featured_media":2501699,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/AP25028833112232.webp?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[40383,65655,32109,36185,35030],"class_list":["post-2501698","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-ballistic-missiles","tag-international-summit","tag-north-korea","tag-security-threat","tag-world-leaders"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/AP25028833112232.webp?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2501698","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2677"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2501698"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2501698\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2501702,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2501698\/revisions\/2501702"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2501699"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2501698"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2501698"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2501698"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}