North Korea launched a barrage of ballistic missiles toward the sea on Thursday (October 29, 2026), South Korea’s military said, days after the North threatened to resume front-line propaganda loudspeaker broadcasts and deploy new weapons along the rivals’ tense border.
South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said it detected about 10 short-range ballistic missiles fired from the North’s eastern costal town of Wonsan. Experts say North Korea likely aimed to pressure the U.S. into making bigger concessions as President Donald Trump expressed his desire to restore diplomacy with Mr. Kim. At the memorial, Mr. Later he met top Chinese Communist Party official Wang Huning and reaffirmed his resolve to develop bilateral cooperation.
It said South Korea’s military bolstered its surveillance posture and was closely exchanging information about the launches with the U.S. and Japan. Last week, North Korea said it would restart propaganda broadcasts and deploy new weapons systems along the border in protest of what it called repeated warning shots by South Korean troops at border areas. Kim said North Korea will firmly carry forward “the invincible” friendship with China.
