North Korea weapons test - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Mon, 07 Mar 2022 06:25:43 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg North Korea weapons test - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 North Korea fires missile ahead of South Korea's election https://cathnews.co.nz/2022/03/07/north-korea-fires-missile-ahead-of-south-koreas-election/ Mon, 07 Mar 2022 06:51:30 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=144378 North Korea fired a suspected ballistic missile on Saturday, Seoul's military said, continuing this year's record-breaking blitz of weapons tests. The launch came just days before South Korea's presidential election. From hypersonic to medium-range ballistic missiles, Pyongyang test-fired a string of weaponry in January. Then last week launched what it claimed was a component of Read more

North Korea fires missile ahead of South Korea's election... Read more]]> North Korea fired a suspected ballistic missile on Saturday, Seoul's military said, continuing this year's record-breaking blitz of weapons tests. The launch came just days before South Korea's presidential election.

From hypersonic to medium-range ballistic missiles, Pyongyang test-fired a string of weaponry in January. Then last week launched what it claimed was a component of a "reconnaissance satellite" - although Seoul described it as another ballistic missile.

Despite biting international sanctions over its nuclear weapons, Pyongyang has ignored US offers of talks since high-profile negotiations between leader Kim Jong Un and then-US president Donald Trump collapsed in 2019.

Instead of diplomacy, Pyongyang has doubled-down on Kim's drive to modernise its military, warning in January that it could abandon a self-imposed moratorium on testing long-range missiles and nuclear weapons.

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