Video: DPRK test-fires 6 missiles

A satellite image released by US media on May 24, 2006 shows Musudan-ri in No Dong, DPRK, the area where a missile facility is located.(File Photo)

    PYONGYANG, July 6 (Xinhua) -- The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) confirmed on Thursday that it has tested missiles, calling them routine military drills aimed at strengthening the country's defense.

    A DPRK Foreign Ministry spokesman said in a statement that the country would continue to launch missiles, the official Korean Central News Agency reported.

    The statement said the missile launches were "successful" and had shown "strengthened self-defense force."

    The missile launches have nothing to do with the six-party talks on the Korean peninsula nuclear issue, it said.

    "The successful launch of missiles this time was part of our normal self-defense capabilities," said the statement, adding that the DPRK would continue to conduct missile tests and exercises as part of stepping up its self-defense forces.

    The DPRK reportedly launched seven missiles on Wednesday morning. Enditem

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    "We do consider it provocative behavior" as the DPRK move violated a missile test moratorium, Hadley said.

    The DPRK test fired a total of five missiles, including the long-range Taepodong 2 missile that resulted in failure about one minute after launch, U.S. officials said.

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DPRK fires 6th missile: report

    TOKYO, July 5 (Xinhua) -- The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) fired the sixth missile at around 8:20 a.m. Wednesday (2320 GMT, Tuesday), Kyodo News quoted Japan's Defense Agency as saying.

    But the DPRK have remained silent over similar reports so far. Enditem