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North Korea launches missile on day of Blinken’s visit to Seoul

North Korea launches missile on day of Blinken’s visit to Seoul
North Korea launches missile on day of Blinken’s visit to Seoul

This shot comes the day Blinken makes a farewell tour to Seoul and Tokyo before Donald Trump arrives at the White House.

Under President Joe Biden, South Korea, the United States and Japan have significantly strengthened their military alliance in the face of threats from nuclear-armed North Korea.

For its part, North Korea has changed its doctrine regarding its southern neighbor, now described as a “main enemy” with whom any reunification is impossible. Pyongyang has also moved closer to Moscow, signing a mutual defense pact and sending thousands of North Korean soldiers to fight alongside the Russians on the Ukrainian front.

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The North’s latest shot also comes at a time when South Korea is plunged into one of the worst political crises in its history, after the failed proclamation of martial law by President Yoon Suk Yeol who was subsequently dismissed and is threatened with death. ‘arrest.

The official North Korean media have remained stingy with comments on this crisis and on the descent into hell of Yoon, Pyongyang’s bête noire, contenting themselves with describing a situation of “chaos” and political paralysis in the South.

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