The North Korean army launched an intermediate-range ballistic missile, which flew over Japan. South Korea and the United States responded on the same day with precision strike drills and several missiles launched into the sea.
The attempt to intimidate comes as Vice President Kamala Harris is travelling to visit Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida.
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un said that his country’s status as a nuclear-armed state had now become “irreversible,” and that no amount of sanctions would force him to destroy his nuclear arsenal.
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