Brief: North Korea Tests a Missile and Biden

Pyongyang has a habit of challenging U.S. presidents early in the terms.

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Background: North Korea has been relatively quiet for the past year or so while it deals with pandemic pressures and other internal matters, which means it was late in its tradition of testing new U.S. presidents during their first few months in office. But a challenge was only a matter of time. Nothing has fundamentally […]

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