North Korea launch of "new-type" missiles draws warning from Biden as he faces a "daunting challenge"
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Beijing — North Korea test-fired two short-range ballistic missiles on Thursday. It was Kim Jong Un's first such launch since President Joe Biden took office, testing what Kim's regime claimed were "new-type tactical guided projectiles" that hit their test targets off the country's eastern coast.
The launches came just hours before Mr. Biden's first scheduled solo news conference as commander-in-chief, during which the president confirmed the projectiles were ballistic missiles and thus a violation of United Nations sanctions barring North Korea from testing such weapons. The missiles flew approximately 270 miles and landed in the Sea of Japan. In its report on Friday claiming the missiles were a newly-developed variety, North Korea's state-run KCNA news agency said Kim himself did not observe the launch, which he has done for some previous missile tests.Ashley White received her earliest combat action badge from the United States Army soon after the first lieutenant arrived in Afghanistan. The silver military award, recognizing soldiers who've been personally engaged by an attacker during conflict, was considered an achievement in and of itself as well as an affirming rite of passage for the newly deployed. White had earned it for using her own body to shield a group of civilian women and children from gunfire that broke out in the midst of her third mission in Kandahar province. All of them survived. She never mentioned the badge to anyone in her battalion.