SEOUL: North Korea said on Thursday (Oct 31) it had test-fired one of its newest and most powerful missiles to boost its nuclear deterrent, Kim Jong Un's first weapons test since being accused of
The launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile during a test-fire conducted by the Missile Administration at an undisclosed location in North Korea on Oct 31, 2024.
North Korea defended the sanctions-busting launch, calling it"an appropriate military action that fully meets the purpose of informing the rivals ... of our counteraction will", the official Korean Central News Agency reported Kim as saying. Washington slammed the launch as"a flagrant violation of multiple United Nations Security Council resolutions", National Security Council spokesman Sean Savett said in a statement.
Seoul has long accused the nuclear-armed North of sending weapons to help Moscow fight Kyiv and alleged that Pyongyang has moved to deploy soldiers en mass in the wake of Kim Jong Un's signing of a mutual defence deal with Russian President Vladimir Putin in June.
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