North Korea fires missiles ahead of Trump’s visit to South Korea

North Korea launched a new round of missiles Tuesday — just hours before President Donald Trump arrived in South Korea — according to North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency. The missiles marked the regime’s second weapons test in less than a week.

They were fired ahead of Trump’s scheduled meeting in the city of Gyeongju as part of his multi-nation Asia tour and the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum.

Nuclear-capable missiles launched

North Korea reportedly fired sea-to-surface strategic cruise missiles capable of carrying nuclear warheads. Officials said the missiles flew for more than two hours before striking their target.

Pyongyang’s military called the test a success, describing it as part of its “duty to ceaselessly tough its nuclear combat posture.”

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North Korea’s missile program was first developed with help from the then-Soviet Union in the 1970s.

No response yet to Trump’s offer to meet

The launch came as North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has yet to respond to Trump’s recent offer to meet. Kim says he will not meet with the president unless Washington drops its push for denuclearization.

“I’d love to meet with him if he’d like to meet,” Trump told reporters Monday. “If he wants to meet, I’ll be in South Korea.”

The two leaders have not held fact-to-face talks since Trump’s first term.

Timing raises tensions

The latest test underscores the heightened tension surrounding his diplomatic tour. It follows North Korea’s test of two hypersonic missiles last week, which the South Korean military classified as short-range ballistic missiles.

North Korea’s deepening ties with Russia

Trump’s outreach also comes as Pyongyang strengthens its alliances with Moscow. 

North Korea has reportedly supplied troops and munitions to Russia’s war in Ukraine, in exchange for oil, weapons technology and a mutual defense pact pledging support if either nation is attacked. 

Analysts say Kim is betting those ties will give his regime more leverage to resist U.S. pressure to scale back its nuclear ambitions.

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