Kim Ramps Up Missile Tests as US Reportedly Curbs Intel to Seoul
People watch a television screen showing a news broadcast with file footage of a North Korean missile test, at a train station in Seoul on April 19.
Photographer: Jung Yeon-Je/AFP/Getty Images
North Korea said it tested a variant of its flagship ballistic missile in a launch hailed by leader Kim Jong Un, as the US shifts its focus to the Middle East while reports that Washington is restricting intelligence sharing with Seoul add to security concerns in the region.
The country fired five tactical ballistic missiles, variants of its Hwasong-11, that hit their target area near an island about 136 km (84.5 miles) away with “high precision” on Sunday, the Korean Central News Agency said. Kim expressed “great satisfaction” over the results produced after five years of research, it said.