North Korea Fires Ballistic Missile as Blinken Visits Seoul
- Missile flew 1,100km before splashing down in waters, JCS says
- Blinken affirms complete trust in acting president Choi
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North Korea fired a ballistic missile Monday, raising tensions in the region as Secretary of State Antony Blinken visited South Korea to reaffirm the security alliance between Washington and Seoul.
North Korea launched what appeared to be an intermediate-range ballistic missile toward its eastern waters, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a text message. South Korea and Japan are closely sharing information on the missile that was fired from near Pyongyang around noon local time and flew around 1,100 kilometers before splashing down in waters, the military added.