N Korea at crossroads

North Korea demands Biden's attention with flurry of missile tests

Launches coincide with reports of appointment of hard-line U.S. envoy to Seoul

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North Korea said it tested a Hwasong-12 intermediate-range ballistic missile on Sunday. © KCNA/Kyodo

GABRIELA BERNAL, Contributing writer

January 31, 2022 15:00 JST

SEOUL -- North Korea will not be ignored. That's the message Kim Jong Un is trying to send the Biden administration with a flurry of missile tests in January.

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