North Korea Resumes Missile Tests as Ukraine Tensions Mount
- Pyongyang last fired a ballistic missile in late January
- Test comes two weeks before South Korean presidential election
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North Korea followed up January’s record barrage of missile tests with the firing of a suspected mid-range ballistic rocket on Sunday, ramping up tensions as global attention is focused on Ukraine.
The projectile reached an apogee of about 600 kilometers (375 miles) and flew at a range of about 300 km before splashing down in waters outside of Japan’s exclusive economic zone, Japanese Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi told reporters in Tokyo.