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#BREAKING Biden warns of 'responses' if North Korea 'choose to escalate'

#UPDATE Biden said he was "prepared for some form of diplomacy" with North Korea but it "has to be conditioned upon the end result of denuclearization"

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#BREAKING North Korea says the Thursday launch was new 'tactical guided projectile'

#UPDATE North Korea has tested a new "tactical guided projectile" with a solid-fuel engine, state media said Friday, after the nuclear-armed country carried out its first substantive provocation since US President Joe Biden's inauguration
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North Korea frequently greets new US administrations with provocations, and its apparent tests put Pyongyang back in focus just as the Joe Biden administration was conducting a policy review and sounding out Pyongyang informally u.afp.com/UYgU