South Korea's government says one of the three weapons North Korea launched Wednesday was a suspected intercontinental ballistic missile. South Korea's government says the launches are 'a grave provocation' that threaten international peace. It says North Korea will only face international isolation if it continues its provocation.
People watch a television screen showing a news broadcast with file footage of a North Korean missile test, at a railway station in Seoul on May 25, 2022, after North Korea fired three ballistic missiles towards the Sea of Japan according to South KoSouth Korea's government says one of the three weapons North Korea launched Wednesday was a suspected intercontinental ballistic missile.
It said South Korea subsequently boosted its surveillance posture and maintained a military readiness in close coordination with the United States. South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol separately called a National Security Council meeting to discuss the North's launches, his office said. Kishi said one missile reached a maximum altitude of 550 kilometers while traveling 300 kilometers , while another one flew 750 kilometers on a lower apogee of 50 kilometers , before both landed outside Japan's exclusive economic zone.
Biden brushed aside questions about any possible provocation by North Korea during his trip, saying, "We are prepared for anything North Korea does." Asked if he had a message for the North's leader, Kim Jong Un, Biden offered a clipped response: "Hello. Period."
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