North Korean ICBM test 'imminent' ahead of US-ROK summit, says Seoul official | NK News
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December 29, 2024

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North Korean ICBM test ‘imminent’ ahead of US-ROK summit, says Seoul official

The official also suggested US expressed willingness to supply DPRK with COVID-19 aid but that Pyongyang unresponsive

North Korea may welcome U.S. President Joe Biden to the Korean Peninsula with an intercontinental ballistic missile test (ICBM) during or around his scheduled summit in Seoul later this week, according to a senior South Korean official.

Kim Tae-hyo, first deputy director of the presidential National Security Office, announced the government’s assessment during a press conference on Wednesday.

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