North Korea Missile Provocation Two Weeks Before Trump Inauguration (Update)

by Jang Heejun

Published 06 Jan.2025 12:21(KST)

First Missile Launch of the Year

North Korea fired a ballistic missile for the first time this year. The provocation was carried out just two weeks before the inauguration of Donald Trump, the President-elect of the United States.

The Joint Chiefs of Staff announced on the 6th that North Korea launched an unidentified ballistic missile into the East Sea. Military authorities are analyzing detailed specifications such as the flight distance.

North Korea Missile Provocation Two Weeks Before Trump Inauguration (Update)

This is North Korea's first missile launch this year. It has been two months since they fired a short-range ballistic missile (SRBM) on November 5th last year, the day of the U.S. presidential election. At that time, North Korea launched the missile around 7:34 a.m. Korean time, about 6 to 7 hours before voting began in the U.S. Subsequently, there were no significant movements, but provocations resumed two weeks before the inauguration of President-elect Trump on the 20th.