North Korea’s surprise missile launch—ten rockets heading east—hits just as U.S. and South Korea scaled back military drills, sparking alarm and emergency talks. Trump’s move to dial down exercises, framed as goodwill toward Kim Jong-un, didn’t soften Pyongyang’s stance. Kim Yo-jong, the regime’s influential sister, coolly dismissed the gesture as meaningless, noting North Korea’s ongoing military moves and Seoul’s nuclear submarine push. Yet she oddly praised the personal rapport between Kim and Trump—and notably denied any response from Kim Jong-un to Trump’s outreach. Tensions simmer as missiles fly and diplomacy stalls.

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