Seoul: North Korea has remained tight-lipped about US President Donald Trump’s repeated offer to meet leader Kim Jong-un, responding only with a cruise missile test-fire, a move analysts interpreted as likely ‘rejecting’ the offer.

The North’s state-run Korean Central News Agency reported it test-fired sea-to-surface strategic cruise missiles in the Yellow Sea on Tuesday after improving them for ship-based launches.

The surprise missile test was reported hours before President Trump arrived in South Korea to attend Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation events in the southeastern city of Gyeongju and hold talks with President Lee Jae Myung and Chinese President Xi Jinping.

Ahead of and during his ongoing Asia swing, President Trump has repeatedly extended offers to meet with Kim, which woul

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