North Korea Attempts Missile Launch as US Strengthens Regional Alliances

North Korea conducted a failed test of an intermediate-range ballistic missile on Thursday morning, shortly after the U.S and South Korea wrapped up high-level security talks in Washington. The U.S. Strategic Command and South Korea's Office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said this attempted launch seemed to replicate Saturday’s failed test in that it involved the same type of missile, a Mudsudan with a range of 3,000 kilometers, from the same location, the western city of...

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