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Dialing up pressure, North Korea tests long-range missile

In this photo provided by South Korea Presidential Blue House via Yonhap News Agency, South Korean Defense Minister Suh Wook, center left, speaks to South Korean President Moon Jae-in, right, during a meeting of the National Security Council at the presidential Blue House in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, March 24, 2022. North Korea fired a suspected long-range missile toward the sea Thursday in what would be its first such test since 2017, according to its neighbors' militaries, raising the ante in a pressure campaign aimed at forcing the United States and other rivals to accept it as a nuclear power and remove crippling sanctions. (South Korea Presidential Blue House/Yonhap via AP) In this photo provided by South Korea Presidential Blue House via Yonhap News Agency, South Korean President Moon Jae-in speaks during a meeting of the National Security Council at the presidential Blue House in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, March 24, 2022. North Korea fired a suspected long-range missile toward the sea Thursday in what would be its first such test since 2017, according to its neighbors' militaries, raising the ante in a pressure campaign aimed at forcing the United States and other rivals to accept it as a nuclear power and remove crippling sanctions. (South Korea Presidential Blue House/Yonhap via AP) A woman walks along a sidewalk past a TV displaying a news program on North Korea's missile launch Thursday, March 24, 2022, in Tokyo. North Korea has fired a suspected long-range missile toward the sea in what would be its first such test since 2017, raising the ante in a pressure campaign aimed at forcing the United States and other rivals to accept it as a nuclear power and remove crippling sanctions. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko) Japan’s Deputy Defense Minister Makoto Oniki speaks to reporters at the ministry in Tokyo, Thursday, March 24, 2022. North Korea fired a suspected long-range missile toward the sea Thursday in what would be its first such test since 2017, according to its neighbors’ militaries, raising the ante in a pressure campaign aimed at forcing the United States and other rivals to accept it as a nuclear power and remove crippling sanctions. Oniki said the missile, which traveled 1,100 kilometers (660 miles) while reaching a maximum altitude of over 6,000 kilometers (3,728 miles), likely was a new ICBM. (Kyodo News via AP) People watch a TV showing a file image of North Korea's missile launch during a news program at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, March 24, 2022. North Korea fired at least one suspected ballistic missile toward the sea Thursday, its neighbors' militaries said, apparently extending its barrage of weapons tests that may culminate with a flight of its biggest-yet intercontinental ballistic missile. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon) People watch a TV showing a file image of North Korea's missile launch during a news program at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, March 24, 2022. North Korea fired at least one suspected ballistic missile toward the sea Thursday, its neighbors' militaries said, apparently extending its barrage of weapons tests that may culminate with a flight of its biggest-yet intercontinental ballistic missile. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon) People watch a TV showing a file image of North Korea's missile launch during a news program at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, March 24, 2022. North Korea fired at least one suspected ballistic missile toward the sea Thursday, its neighbors' militaries said, apparently extending its barrage of weapons tests that may culminate with a flight of its biggest-yet intercontinental ballistic missile. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon) FILE - In this photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, bottom, attends at a meeting of the Workers' Party of Korea in Pyongyang, North Korea on Feb. 28, 2022. South Korea said North Korea fires projectile toward sea Thursday, March 24. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP, File)
Dialing up pressure, North Korea tests long-range missile