North Korea's Kim Jong-un calls for more 'military muscle' after watching hypersonic missile test

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SEOUL – North Korean leader Kim Jong-un called for boosting the country’s strategic military forces as he observed the test of a hypersonic missile, state media said on Wednesday (Jan 12), officially attending a missile launch for the first time in nearly two years. On Tuesday, authorities in South Korea and Japan detected the suspected launch, which drew condemnation by...

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un observing what state media said was a hypersonic missile launch, on Jan 11, 2022.SEOUL – North Korean leader Kim Jong-un called for boosting the country’s strategic military forces as he observed the test of a hypersonic missile, state media said on Wednesday , officially attending a missile launch for the first time in nearly two years.

Unlike some other recent tests, ruling party newspaper Rodong Sinmun published photos of Mr Kim attending the launch on its front page. Talks aimed at persuading North Korea to surrender or limit its arsenal of nuclear weapons and missiles have been stalled, with Pyongyang saying it is open to diplomacy but only if the US and its allies stop “hostile policies” such as sanctions or military drills.

“The DPRK’s continued pursuit of illegal weapons systems is a threat to international peace and security and goes against international efforts to resume dialogue and engage in actions to help its people,” the statement from the EU foreign policy spokesman Nabila Massrali said, using North Korea's official name of Democratic People's Republic of Korea.

 

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