North Korea Fires Ballistic Missile, in 1st Test in 2 Months

Associated PressPublished: January 5, 2022

SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA - JANUARY 05: People watch a TV at the Seoul Railway Station showing a file image of a North Korean missile launch, on January 05, 2022 in Seoul, South Korea. North Korea on Wednesday fired what appears to be a ballistic missile toward the East Sea, South Korea's military said, in the recalcitrant regime's first show of force this year. (Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images)

By HYUNG-JIN KIM, Associated Press

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The U.S. military says North Korea has fired a ballistic missile into the sea, its first weapons launch in about two months and a signal it isn't interested in rejoining denuclearization talks anytime soon and would rather focus on boosting its weapons arsenal.

The launch came after North Korean leader Kim Jong Un vowed to further strengthen his military capability — without disclosing any new policies toward the United States or South Korea — at a high-profile ruling party conference last week.

The U.S. Indo-Pacific Command says the ballistic missile launch "highlights the destabilizing impact of (North Korea's) illicit weapons program" but didn't pose an immediate threat to U.S. territory or its allies.

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