Japan says North Korea may have fired ballistic missile, East Asia News & Top Stories


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TOKYO/SEOUL (REUTERS) - North Korea launched at least two projectiles suspected to be ballistic missiles on Thursday (March 25), officials in South Korea, Japan, and the United States said, the first such test reported since US President Joe Biden took office in January. North Korea's ballistic missiles are banned under United Nations Security Council Resolutions, and if the launch is confirmed, it would represent a new challenge to Biden’s efforts to engage with Pyongyang, which have so far been rebuffed. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff reported at least two “unidentified projectiles” were fired into the sea from North Korea’s...