Given the high stakes tensions which are ever-present over the peninsula, this was no small slip – coming also as the north “greeted” her visit with yet another ballistic missile launch on Thursday. “North Korea fired another suspected ballistic missile Thursday, South Korean and Japanese authorities said, marking Pyongyang’s third launch this week as it ratchets up regional tensions,” Bloomberg confirmed.
Japan’s defense ministry confirmed of Thursday’s launch that this latest missile “flew to an altitude of 50km and covered a range of 300km.”
In her speech, Harris denounced the “brutal dictatorship” of Kim Jong-un in what’s being widely called unusually blunt criticism for the fact that the remarks were made from a high US official at the DMZ. But likely the impact was softened by the aforementioned US “alliance with the Republic of North Korea” gaffe.
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Kamala Harris In High Stakes Gaffe At DMZ Hails Strong US “Alliance With Republic Of North Korea”
Coming soon after Pyongyang fired two short-range ballistic missiles into the sea as a warning to the South and its allies on Wednesday, Vice President Kamala Harris held a much anticipated press conference at the the Korean Peninsula’s Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) on Thursday.