Overview
- South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff confirmed a ballistic missile was fired into the East Sea on Sunday morning.
- The shot marked Pyongyang’s first ballistic missile launch in about two months, following a Nov. 7 short-range test.
- President Lee left for Beijing for talks that are expected to include North Korea’s denuclearization at a Seoul–Beijing summit on Monday.
- Reporting notes the launch occurred immediately after U.S. President Donald Trump announced Washington had ousted Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro through military action.
- No causal link between the missile test and other international developments was presented in the reporting.