United States Calls for Direct Talks With North Korea After Hwasong-12 Missile Test

United States Calls for Direct Talks With North Korea After Hwasong-12 Missile Test
North Korea's intermediate-range strategic ballistic rocket Hwasong-12 lifting off from the launching pad at an undisclosed location near Pyongyang on Aug. 29, 2017. STR/AFP via Getty Images
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North Korea has confirmed that it test-fired a Hwasong-12 intermediate-range ballistic missile on Jan. 30, its state-run media reported, as Washington is urging Pyongyang to engage in direct talks with no preconditions.

Pyongyang conducted its seventh missile test this month, the largest number in a single month since 2019. South Korea and Japan claimed that the projectile traveled 1,242 miles upward and landed in the ocean about 500 miles away.