North Korea launches suspected ballistic missiles

By Agence France-Presse

Mar 25, 2021 1:55 pm

SEOUL: North Korea fired two suspected ballistic missiles into the sea Thursday, in its first substantive provocation to the new US administration of Joe Biden.

The nuclear-armed North has a long history of using weapons tests to ramp up tensions, in a carefully calibrated process to try to forward its objectives.

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