"North Korea Conducts Short-Range Missile Test Launch Last Weekend" (Update)

Washington Post, Citing Sources
First Reported Through Media Coverage

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[Asia Economy New York=Special Correspondent Baek Jong-min] The American daily Washington Post (WP) reported on the 23rd (local time) that North Korea test-fired several short-range missiles last weekend.

WP cited multiple sources for this report. However, it did not mention detailed information such as which missiles were fired or from where.

WP described this test launch as the first direct challenge by North Korean State Affairs Commission Chairman Kim Jong-un to the Joe Biden administration.

It is considered unusual for North Korea's missile launches to be reported after the fact through foreign media. If true, it could mean that South Korea and the U.S. remained silent about it.

North Korea issued a warning to the new U.S. administration through statements by Kim Yo-jong, Deputy Director of the Workers' Party, and Choe Son-hui, First Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs, coinciding with the visits of the two ministers.

Earlier, CNN reported that U.S. authorities were on alert regarding North Korea's missile launches and provocations during the visits of Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin to South Korea and Japan.

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