North Korea launched a suspected medium-range ballistic missile on Monday, January 6, 2025, while U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken was visiting South Korea. The missile was fired from near Pyongyang towards the East Sea.
A man walks past a TV broadcasting a news report on North Korea firing a ballistic missile out to sea off its east coast, in Seoul, South Korea , Jan. 6, 2025. The South Korea n military detected a projectile fired from North Korea that was suspected to be a medium-range ballistic missile , a test-launch that arrived as U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken visited South Korea .
The missile was fired from the area surrounding Pyongyang, the capital, toward the East Sea at about noon on Monday, according to the South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff. The joint chiefs said the South Korean military has heightened surveillance for additional launches and is maintaining a readiness posture for sharing ballistic-missile-related data with the U.S. and Japan. Blinken condemned the test, which he called 'yet another violation of multiple Security Council resolutions.' He added that President Joe Biden's administration has 'sought to engage the DPRK and multiple efforts to sit down to talk without any preconditions.' People watch a TV broadcasting a news report on North Korea firing a ballistic missile out to sea, in Seoul, South Korea, Jan. 6, 2025.'We communicated that on many occasions. We've done it privately, we've done it publicly,' Blinken said during a press conference in Seoul. 'And the only response, effectively we've gotten has been more and more provocative actions, including missile launches.' The last time North Korea test-fired a ballistic missile was Nov. 5, just before the U.S. presidential election. South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yul and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken shake hands during a joint press conference following their meeting at the Foreign Ministry in Seoul on Jan. 6, 2025.MORE: As North Korea test-launches missiles, leader's sister says country sees 'urgency' in building military might The U.S
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