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(Bloomberg) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversaw the testing of a new type of high-altitude, long-range missile, state media reported, ratcheting up tensions after a US nuclear submarine arrived at the South Korean port of Busan a day earlier.
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The launched missile accurately hit a mock target at an altitude of 200 kilometers (124 miles) in exercises Wednesday, the Korean Central News Agency reported on Thursday. In a separate statement, KCNA vowed to consider “countermeasures corresponding to the US nuclear muscle flexing” in response to the US submarine’s arrival in South Korean waters.
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The US Greeneville, a nuclear-powered attack submarine, arrived in Busan on Tuesday to replenish supplies, South Korean media reported, citing South Korean military sources.
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The action comes after South Korea and the US agreed to pursue a separate deal to formalize Seoul’s right to build nuclear-powered submarines. Wi Sung-lac, the Asian country’s national security adviser, said Wednesday that working-level talks will begin early next year.
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He was speaking to reporters after returning from a visit to Washington, where he met with senior officials including Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Energy Secretary Chris Wright.
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South Korea is seeking to equip submarines with a reactor using low-enriched fuel at levels of 20% or less, and has no plans to adopt highly enriched uranium, he said, adding that he had highlighted President Lee Jae Myung’s commitment to non-proliferation.
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Pyongyang also rebuked Seoul’s plan to build nuclear-powered submarines in a third KCNA report, on Thursday, saying it will “worsen the instability in the region.”
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Kim views the move as “an offensive act severely violating its security and maritime sovereignty and a threat to its security that must be countered,” the report said.
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(Updates with KCNA report on South Korea’s plan to build nuclear-powered submarines in the last two paragraphs.)
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