

South Korea’s military said North Korea fired two suspected short-range ballistic missiles off its east coast on Aug. He likes testing missiles but we never restricted short-range missiles. Trump downplayed the latest launch, saying “Kim Jong Un has been, you know, pretty straight with me. The two leaders met again at the Korean border in late June and agreed to resume talks. Some experts said North Korea aims to show off its weapons to try to get an upper hand ahead of a possible restart of nuclear negotiations, which remain largely stalemated since the second summit between President Donald Trump and Kim in Vietnam in February fell apart due to squabbling over U.S.-led sanctions on North Korea.
