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Its 10am in singapore, and 10pm in seoul, where the south Korean Military says that north korea has fired four projectiles into the east sea, also known as the sea of japan. It said the projectiles were launched from the tongchang ri region, an area near the border with china, where a missile base is located. The missiles flew about 620 miles. For the latest, we go to seoul. Steve, why have they done this . Several reasons. Firstly, they are testing technology. There is a ritual going on at the moment. Firstly, there are big us south korea military exercises starting now. They start every year at about this time. Every year, north korea says this is a preparation for invasion. We view that very gravely. And they loose off missiles to make a statement. But secondly, they are testing technology. There were a series of launches, quite frequent launches, last year, many of which we re launches, last year, many of which were duds. They are clearly trying to get this thing right. We dont kno
Its 10am in singapore, and 10pm in seoul, where the south Korean Military says that north korea has fired four projectiles into the east sea, also known as the sea of japan. It said the projectiles were launched from the tongchang ri region, an area near the border with china, where a missile base is located. The missiles flew about 620 miles. For the latest, we go to seoul. Steve, why have they done this . Several reasons. Firstly, they are testing technology. There is a ritual going on at the moment. Firstly, there are big us south korea military exercises starting now. They start every year at about this time. Every year, north korea says this is a preparation for invasion. We view that very gravely. And they loose off missiles to make a statement. But secondly, they are testing technology. There were a series of launches, quite frequent launches, last year, many of which we re launches, last year, many of which were duds. They are clearly trying to get this thing right. We dont kno
The regime says it is ready to go. But the opposition was in disarray, both politically and on the ground. Assembling a unified credible delegation is not going to be easy. Bbc news, beirut. Is the latest situation on the ground. As i said earlier, speaking in an exclusive interview with the bbc, the director general of the has expressed concerns about fighting hampering access to some of the site is team needs to visit. Lets just have a listen. We often have access problems because there are roads that change hands from one day or another. That is why we continue to appeal to all sides in syria to support this mission, to be cooperative. And refrain from rendering this mission more difficult. It is already challenging. , we understand which was already abandoned, is in a rebel held area. So, we will see whether we can have access to the site eventually. You had asked for a cease fire earlier. Are you finding the regime are cooperating and the rebels and opposition or not . I ask for a