North Korea fired an intercontinental ballistic missile and two shorter-range weapons into the sea on Wednesday, the first ICBM launch since March, as U.S. President Biden left Asia.
This photo distributed by the North Korean government shows what it says is a test-fire of a Hwasong-17 intercontinental ballistic missile , at an undisclosed location in North Korea on March 24, 2022.
national security council meeting that North Korea fired a suspected ICBM and two short-range ballistic missiles on Wednesday. In this photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attends at a meeting of the Workers' Party of Korea in Pyongyang, North Korea on Feb. 28, 2022.
Japanese Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi called the launches"an act of provocation and absolutely impermissible."
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