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N Korea fires multiple missiles, denies US claims on Binance hack
Al Jazeera • • general
Key Points:
- North Korea launched several missiles into the Sea of Japan, marking its fourth weapons test in a month, shortly after denying involvement in a $6 billion cryptocurrency theft from Binance.
- South Korea and the United States are analyzing the missile launches, which originated from North Korea’s eastern coast near Sondok.
- The FBI attributed the Binance hack to North Korean hackers linked to the TraderTraitor group, which also carried out a $1.5 billion Bybit exchange hack last year; North Korea dismissed these claims as provocations.
- Kim Yo Jong, sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, rejected dialogue with the US until Washington abandons its "hostile policy," emphasizing that peace does not necessarily require talks with the US.
- Despite ongoing tensions, US President Donald Trump expressed intentions to meet Kim Jong Un later in the year to revive diplomatic relations, while the US, South Korea, and Japan continue to call for the complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula amid North Korea’s intensified weapons testing.
