North Korea on Thursday, January 27, 2022, fired two suspected ballistic missiles into the sea in its sixth round of weapons launches this month, South Korea's military said.
South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said the weapons, which were likely short-range, were launched from an eastern coastal area,.The last time North Korea tested this many weapons in a month was in 2019, after high-profile negotiations between leader Kim Jong Un and then-United States president Donald Trump collapsed.
Since then, talks with the US have languished, and the country is reeling economically from biting international sanctions and a self-imposed coronavirus blockade.