North Korea fires missile hours after warning of 'fiercer' response

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SEOUL: North Korea fired a short-range ballistic missile Thursday (Nov 17), Seoul's military said, the latest in a record blitz of launches as Pyongyang warned of a 'fiercer' military response to the United States and its allies. Washington has been seeking to boost regional security cooperation and ramp u

SEOUL: North Korea fired a short-range ballistic missile Thursday , Seoul's military said, the latest in a record blitz of launches as Pyongyang warned of a"fiercer" military response to the United States and its allies.

Washington's moves to bolster its"extended deterrence" and stage joint exercises with regional security allies are"foolish acts", North Korea's minister of foreign affairs, Choe Son Hui, said Thursday in a statement carried by state news agency KCNA. Japan also confirmed North Korea had fired a missile, with the prime minister's office saying Pyongyang's actions"including repeated launches of ballistic missiles threaten the peace and safety of our country and the regional and international communities".

Experts say North Korea is seizing the opportunity to conduct banned missile tests, confident of escaping further UN sanctions due to Ukraine-linked gridlock at the United Nations. Biden pushed China's Xi to use his influence to rein in North Korea when the pair met on the sidelines of the G20 meeting in Bali, Indonesia.

 

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