N Korea fires ‘ICBM’ after Biden ends Asia tour
North Korea fired three missiles yesterday, including one thought to be its largest intercontinental ballistic missile, after US President Joe Biden ended an Asia trip where he agreed to new measures to deter the nuclear-armed state.
South Korea's deputy national security adviser, Kim Tae-hyo, said the North also appeared to have conducted multiple experiments with a detonation device in preparation for its seventh nuclear test but that the test was unlikely to occur in the coming days.
President Yoon Suk-yeol, inaugurated on May 10, secured promises in a summit with Biden over the weekend that the United States would increase joint military drills and deploy more "strategic assets" - typically nuclear-capable bombers, submarines, or aircraft carriers - to the region if necessary to deter North Korea.
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