North Korea test-fires its first ballistic missile of 2024
range ballistic missile Sunday designed to hit U.S. bases in Asia for its first such launch of 2024, amid a pledge by leader Kim Jong Un to boost the country’s nuclear-strike capabilities.
The missile was fired from an area near Pyongyang toward waters off the east coast and traveled about 620 miles, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a text message to reporters. The country’s military…