Seoul: N Korea fires projectile in third launch this month

By KIM TONG-HYUNG
Associated Press

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea says North Korea has fired at least one projectile in its third weapons launch this month, as it continues to demonstrate its military might amid pandemic border closures and stalled diplomacy with the United States. The South’s Joint Chiefs of Staff did not immediately say where the weapon landed or provided other details. The launch Friday came hours after the North issued a statement berating the Biden administration for imposing fresh sanctions against the country over its earlier missile tests this month. It warned of stronger and more explicit action if Washington continues its “confrontational stance.”