“This launch is in violation of multiple UN Security Council Resolutions and poses a threat to the DPRK’s neighbours and the international community,” a US State Department spokesperson said, using the official name of North Korea, prior to the KCNA report about a hypersonic test.<\/p>\n

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Dialogue between Washington and Pyongyang remains stalled, following the collapse of talks between Kim and then US president Donald Trump in 2019.<\/p>\n

Under Trump’s successor Joe Biden, the United States has repeatedly declared its willingness to meet North Korean representatives, while saying it will seek denuclearisation.<\/p>\n

But Pyongyang has so far dismissed the offer, accusing Washington of pursuing “hostile” policies. North Korea says it needs its arsenal to defend against a US invasion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

North Korea has successfully tested a hypersonic missile, state media reported Thursday, in the first major weapons test by the nuclear-armed nation this year. This was the second reported test of what Pyongyang claimed were hypersonic gliding missiles, as it pursues the sophisticated technology despite international sanctions and condemnation. Hypersonic missiles move far faster and are more agile than standard ones, making them much harder for missile defence systems — on which the United States is spending billions — to intercept. The missile fired on Wednesday carried a “hypersonic gliding warhead” that “precisely hit a target 700 km away”, the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":37166,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[567,562],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37163","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international-news","category-yeswecantv-news"],"yoast_head":"\n