"North Korea Conducts Rocket Launcher Tests Amid Rising Tensions"
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un supervised a live-fire drill of nuclear-capable multiple rocket launchers targeting Seoul, as part of efforts to boost the country's war deterrent amid escalating tensions with South Korea and its allies. The missile tests come after South Korea and Japan reported detecting multiple short-range ballistic missiles fired by North Korea toward its eastern coast, raising regional tensions. The launches coincide with a visit to Seoul by U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and are seen as a response to the latest South Korean-U.S. combined military drills. There are concerns that North Korea may escalate pressure in the run-up to elections in the United States and South Korea.
- North Korea says Kim Jong Un supervised tests of rocket launchers targeting Seoul The Associated Press
- North Korea’s Kim oversees ‘super-large’ rocket launcher drills Al Jazeera English
- North Korea Fires Ballistic Missile Tests While Blinken Is in Seoul TIME
- North Korea Fires Ballistic Missile as Blinken Visits Seoul Bloomberg
- North Korea resumes missile tests, raising tensions with its rivals POLITICO
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