US Urges North Korea to Halt Provocations, Return to Diplomacy

A TV screen shows file footage of a North Korean cruise missile during a news program at the Seoul Railway Station, in Seoul, South Korea, Jan. 24, 2024. FILE - This photo shows the Arch of Reunification, a monument to symbolize hope for reunification of the two Koreas, in Pyongyang, North Korea, on Sept. 11, 2018. The monument appeared gone in satellite images taken by Planet Labs on Jan. 23, 2024.

The United States has called on North Korea to refrain from further destabilizing actions and to return to diplomatic engagement following North Korea's firing of several cruise missiles into the waters off its western coast earlier on Wednesday.