US vexed as DPRK claims new missiles

Top foreign policy issue

When asked if the DPRK ranked the top foreign policy issue for his administration, Biden replied:"Yes".

Senior US officials said on Wednesday that the DPRK fired two short-range ballistic missiles off its east coast. The launch followed Pyongyang's test of two short-range weapons on Sunday, which the Biden administration downplayed as normal military activity.

These tests came after the ROK and the United States conducted their annual springtime military exercises from March 8 to 18.

US officials said on Tuesday that the Biden administration is in the final stages of its policy review regarding the DPRK. National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan will discuss the issue with his counterparts in Japan and the ROK next week.

The White House said this month that the Biden administration recently reached out to Pyongyang but had not yet received any response.

A top diplomat of the DPRK vowed that Pyongyang would ignore the US outreach until Washington "rolls back its hostile policy", the KCNA reported last week.

Xinhua - Agencies