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North Korea fires missiles towards the sea as Pyongyang protests US claims that its hackers stole $6bn from Binance

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.
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 missile launches from North Korea's Sondok east coast area on Wednesday, the fourth weapons test in a month. Kim Yo Jong, the powerful sister of leader Kim Jong Un, simultaneously dismissed any prospect of talks, calling Washington "unreliable and hostile." The US Pacific Command said the launches posed no immediate threat to US personnel, territory or allies.

Kim Yo Jong rejected dialogue after the FBI attributed a record $6.3 billion Binance crypto heist to North Korean hackers from a group called TraderTraitor.

'We have no need to sit face to face with such unreliable and hostile persons,' Kim Yo Jong said, calling US accusations an extension of Washington's 'hostile policy.'

North Korea has accelerated weapons tests in recent months, observers say, to raise its leverage ahead of potential diplomacy with Trump, who has previously expressed eagerness to resume ties with Kim Jong Un.

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