Jan 16, 2022 - World

North Korea launches 4th suspected missile test this month

Rebecca Falconer

People watch a television screen showing a news broadcast with file footage of a North Korean missile test, at a railway station in Seoul on January 17. — A news broadcast in Seoul of an apparent North Korean missile test on Monday morning local time. Photo: Jung Yeon-je/AFP via Getty Images

North Korea's military fired "two suspected short-range ballistic missiles" eastward from Pyongyang on Monday morning local time, per South Korean and Japanese officials.

Why it matters: The fourth such launch since Jan. 5 comes days after North Korea's military warned of "stronger" action if the U.S. moved to have more sanctions imposed on the country.

Context: The Biden administration sanctioned North Korean and Russian individuals and entities earlier this month for supporting North Korea's ballistic missile program.

The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations is proposing the UN implement sanctions over North Korea's "six ballistic missile launches since September" for violating UN Security Council resolutions.

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