North Korea has fired off a series of short-range missiles, presenting President Joe Biden with a foreign policy challenge while the administration is contending with an influx of immigrants at the southern border. A senior Biden Administration official confirmed the weekend launches, while describing an inactive state of diplomatic communication. 'The outreach from us to North Korea can be described, follows over a year, across two administrations now, without active dialogue with North Korea, despite multiple attempts by the U.S. and across two administrations to engage. In this March 21, 2020, file photo provided by the North Korean government shows a rocket launch at an undisclosed location in North Korea. The Biden administration signaled a shift earlier this month with Secretary of State Antony Blinken calling during a trip to Seoul for a 'denuclearization of North Korea.'

Source: Daily Mail March 23, 2021 22:22 UTC