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September 15, 2021

South and North Korea Both Fire Ballistic Missiles as Tensions Mount on Peninsula
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Tensions are ratcheting up on the Korean Peninsula as South Korea fired
a submarine-launched ballistic missile earlier today, in response to a
ballistic missile test by North Korea just hours earlier - its first
since March and a breach of U.N. sanctions. Two days earlier, Pyongyang
tested a long-range cruise missile. President Biden previously said he
was open to diplomacy with North Korea, but denuclearization talks
between the two countries have not resumed since negotiations between
Trump and Kim Jong-un broke down in 2019.


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