Recent rounds of weapons tests by North Korea, after an 18-month freeze amid talks between Kim and President Trump, have not involved nuclear weapons but they do mark escalating threats to South Korea, Japan and U.S. troops in the region.
The missiles were fired at 5:06 and 5:27 a.m. Wednesday and traveled about 150 miles northeast before landing in the sea, according to the South Korean military.of a missile that North Korea called a “new-type tactical guided weapon” aimed at better evading interception by flying at a lower altitude.
U.S. officials have downplayed the significance of the recent tests, saying efforts to resume talks, as pledged by Trump and Kim at their surprise meeting at the demilitarized zone last month, remain on track. On Tuesday, Pompeo said that Kim had yet to appoint a new negotiator since the Trump-Kim meeting but that he remained optimistic.
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