International relationsNorth Korea fuels war rumblings with hypersonic missile launch
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visits a munitions factory in this photo released by the country's official news agency. © KCNA/Kyodo
STEVEN BOROWIEC, Nikkei staff writer
January 15, 2024 17:59 JST
SEOUL -- North Korea's top diplomat arrived in Moscow on Monday, state media reported, to meet her Russian counterpart, Sergey Lavrov, who visited the North in October. The trip by Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui comes a day after the country claimed to have successfully tested a new solid-fuel hypersonic missile.