North Korea fires three ballistic missiles, US urges ‘dialogue’
May 25, 2022, 9:25 am

North Korea fires three ballistic missiles, US urges ‘dialogue’

US urges restraint after North Korea fires ballistic missile file photo AP

Seoul's military said that North Korea fired three ballistic missiles off its east coast on Wednesday (May 25). The launch comes days after South Korea and US leaders agreed to scale up joint military drills and deployment of American weapons.

South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said the three ballistic missile launches occurred in the space of less than an hour from the Sunan area of the North's capital Pyongyang.

President Joe Biden and his new South Korean counterpart Yoon Suk-yeol agreed on Saturday to hold bigger military drills and deploy more US strategic assets if necessary to deter North Korea's intensifying weapons tests.

But they also offered to send COVID-19 vaccines to North Korea as the isolated country battles its first confirmed outbreak.

Japanese Emperor Naruhito (R) meets U.S. President Joe Biden at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on May 23, 2022. (Photo courtesy of the Imperial Household Agency)(Kyodo)

The United States condemned North Korea for what it said were ballistic missile launches and called on Pyongyang instead to choose dialogue.

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A State Department spokesperson said late Tuesday Washington time, using the North's official name: “The United States condemns the DPRK's multiple ballistic missile launches."

He said: “We call on the DPRK to refrain from further provocations and engage in sustained and substantive dialogue."

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