North Korea ``first launch of new strategic cruise missile 'Pur Hwasal-3-31''...demands US ``return to diplomacy''

The missile launched by North Korea on the 24th of this month was revealed to be a new strategic cruise missile, the Pul Hwasal 3-31.
The Korean Central News Agency said on the 25th, ``This test has no impact on the security of neighboring countries.''
"We have not provided any assistance, and this has nothing to do with the situation in the region." ``The General Directorate of Missiles believes that this test is in the process of updating the weapon system, and that the Directorate General and the affiliated National Institute of Defense Science are regularly conducting
"It's a compulsory activity." Prior to this, South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said, ``At around 7 a.m., the South Korean military captured several cruise missiles launched into the sea west of North Korea,'' and added, ``Details are available from U.S. and South Korean intelligence officials.''
is currently being analyzed." "The South Korean military is cooperating closely with the U.S. side while increasing surveillance and vigilance," it added, adding, "We are closely monitoring North Korea's additional provocations and activities."
North Korea also launched a provocation with a cruise missile in September last year, claiming that it was a "virtual nuclear attack training exercise" using a strategic cruise missile. North Korea's strategic cruise missile is called Hwasal-1.
” and “Hwasal 2.” It is a strategic weapon that claims to be able to mount the Hwasan-31 tactical nuclear warhead. North Korea warns against detonating Hwasal missiles equipped with simulated nuclear warheads in the air.
It looks like they are proceeding with nuclear training. The US State Department urged North Korea to "restraint its provocative and destabilizing actions and return to diplomacy."