North Korea fires ballistic missile towards East Sea
North Korea has fired a ballistic missile towards its eastern waters_ according to officials in South Korea_ hours after threatening a 'fiercer military response' to efforts by the United States to boost its security presence in the region.
South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said the short-range ballistic missile was fired from North Korea's Wonsan area on Thursday.
Earlier this week_ US President Joe Biden discussed North Korea's spate of recent missile tests with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in Bali on the sidelines of the G20 summit.
President Joe Biden pushed China to use its influence to rein in North Korea after the wave of missile launches raised fears the reclusive regime would soon carry out its seventh nuclear test.
President Biden also held talks with his South Korean counterpart Yoon Suk-yeol and Japanese Premier Fumio Kishida on Sunday to discuss ways to address the threat posed by the North's 'unlawful weapons of mass destruction and ballistic missile programs'_ the White House said.
On Thursday_ North Korea's minister of foreign affairs_ Choe Son Hui_ slammed these discussions_ saying they were 'bringing the situation on the Korean peninsula to an unpredictable phase.'
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