The Korean Peninsula is on edge again. North Korea has flexed its muscles with a bold, new missile test — firing what it called a “cutting-edge” hypersonic weapon.

This wasn’t just-another launch. It was a high-stakes message, timed perfectly to rattle nerves barely a week before Trump’s visit to the region. Trump will touch down in South Korea on 29th October for the APEC summit after concluding a visit to Japan.

The latest test took place on 22nd October. North Korea is reported to have tested two projectiles. South Korea’s military spotted them flying about 350 kilometres before they slammed into a target inside North Korea. Kim Jong-un was not reported to have attended the latest launch though. A South Korean academic Yang Moo-jin told French news agency A.F.P. that Kim’s absence fro

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