The launches, which were North Korea’s first ballistic missile tests in nearly a year, underscored steady progress in its weapons program since denuclearisation talks with the United States floundered under former President Donald Trump.
“Now is the time for the South, the North, and the United States to make efforts to continue dialogue. It is never desirable to create difficulties for dialogue,” he told a ceremony commemorating soldiers who fought in clashes with the North in 2002 and 2010. “These tests come some time after Biden’s inauguration, and they are still at a low enough level that it gives the administration breathing room,” he said. “Regardless of North Korea’s intentions, however, the effect is to elevate the significance and move it up the administration’s agenda.”The State Department said the launches violated multiple U.N. Security Council resolutions and threatened the region and the broader international community.
Missile specialists at the California-based James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies said it appeared to be a missile that was unveiled at a major military parade in Pyongyang in October.
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