North Korea fires a volley of missiles hours after Kim Yo Jong rejects talks with 'hostile' US over $6bn Binance hack claims

A North Korean submarine and submarine-launched strategic cruise missiles fired in the Sea of Japan in October, as Kim Yo Jong declared Pyongyang had "no need to sit face to face" with Washington.

South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff detected several missiles fired from the Sondok area on North Korea's east coast on Wednesday, the fourth weapons launch in a month. Kim Yo Jong dismissed the FBI's accusation that Pyongyang stole $6.3 billion from cryptocurrency exchange Binance as "an extension of Washington's invariable hostile policy," saying Pyongyang had no need to meet "unreliable and hostile persons."

The Binance heist, attributed by the FBI to hacking group TraderTraitor, is the largest cryptocurrency theft on record.

Kim Jong Un separately toured a 10,000-ton cruiser under construction at Nampho Shipyard, calling the vessel "incomparably huge" and ordering shipyard modernisation to "build a powerful navy."

Observers say the missile volleys are designed to pressure Trump into dropping what Pyongyang calls its hostile posture before any revival of Kim-Trump diplomacy.

The TelegraphKim Jong-un’s sister rejects meeting with ‘hostile’ US ReutersNorth Korea fires multiple missiles in fourth weapons launch in a month, Seoul says APNorth Korea launches unidentified projectile toward the sea, South Korea says UPINorth Korea fires missiles as Kim Yo Jong rejects U.S. dialogue The IndependentNorth Korea's Kim Jong Un has got his eyes on a 'huge' warship to 'build a powerful navy'The IndependentNorth Korea launches multiple missiles towards waters off east coast, South Korea says NY PostNorth Korea launches missiles toward the sea as Pyongyang protests against US claims on Binance hack

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