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Reuters
Politics
Josh Smith

With seven tests in a month, N.Korea calls for world to accept its missiles

FILE PHOTO: A railway-born missile is launched during firing drills according to state media, at an undisclosed location in North Korea, in this photo released January 14, 2022 by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA). KCNA via REUTERS

North Korea's unusually active month of missile testing appears aimed in part at securing global acceptance of its sanctioned weapons programmes, analysts said, whether through concessions or simply winning tired acquiescence from a distracted world.

North Korea appears to be taking advantage of a period when the world is preoccupied with the pandemic and other crises to test an increasingly wide range of weapons, analysts and officials said.

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