SEOUL — North Korea fired a ballistic missile into the sea on March 18 for the first time in two months, at a time when US Secretary of State Antony Blinken was visiting Seoul to attend a conference hosted by President Yoon Suk-yeol on advancing democracy. South Korea's military said the missile was fired to the east of the Korean...
A view of a missile launcher as North Korea conducts what it says is a drill to launch a Hwasong-18 intercontinental ballistic missile at an unknown location Dec 18, 2023 in this picture released by the Korean Central News Agency.SEOUL — North Korea fired a ballistic missile into the sea on March 18 for the first time in two months, at a time when US Secretary of State Antony Blinken was visiting Seoul to attend a conference hosted by President Yoon Suk-yeol on advancing democracy.
Japan later said it detected what appeared to be a second ballistic missile launch by the North, also falling outside its exclusive economic zone area. The show of force by Pyongyang comes as the militaries of South Korea and the United States carried out large-scale annual joint military drills for 10 days, which ended on March 14.
Blinken is among senior officials from around the world attending the Summit for Democracy conference, which opens on March 18, hosted by South Korea. He will also meet his South Korean counterpart.
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