North Korea launched a suspected mid-range ballistic missile into the East Sea, escalating tensions just weeks before Donald Trump's return as the U.S. president. The launch coincided with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken's visit to Seoul for discussions on the North Korean nuclear threat.
North Korea fired a suspected mid-range ballistic missile into its eastern seas on Monday, South Korea ’s military said, continuing its heightened weapons testing activities into 2024 weeks before Donald Trump returns as U.S. president. The South’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said the missile was fired from an area near the North Korea n capital of Pyongyang but didn’t immediately release more specific flight details.
The joint chiefs said the military was strengthening its surveillance and defense posture in preparation for possible additional launches and sharing information on the missile with the United States and Japan. The launch came as U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken was visiting Seoul for talks with South Korean allies over the North Korean nuclear threat and other issues. Blinken’s visit comes amid political turmoil in South Korea following President Yoon Suk Yeol’s short-lived martial law decree and subsequent impeachment by parliament last month, which experts say puts the country at a disadvantage in getting a steady footing with Trump ahead of his return to the White House. In a year-end political conference, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un vowed to implement the “toughest” anti-U.S. policy and criticized the Biden administration’s efforts to strengthen security cooperation with Seoul and Tokyo, which he described as a “nuclear military bloc for aggression.” North Korean state media did not specify Kim’s policy plans or mention any specific comments about Trump. During his first term, Trump met Kim three times for talks on the North’s nuclear program. Many experts, however, say a quick resumption of Kim-Trump summitry is unlikely as Trump would first focus on conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East. North Korea’s support for Russia’s war against Ukraine also poses a challenge to efforts to revive diplomacy, experts say. Before his presidency faltered over the ill-conceived power grab, Yoon worked closely with the U.S
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