North Korea Launches Missile in First Test Since Trump Took Office

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PhotoSEOUL, South Korea ? North Korea launched a ballistic missile toward the sea off its eastern coast on Sunday, in what South Korea called the North?s first attempt to test President Trump?s policy on the isolated country. The American defense secretary, Jim Mattis, visited South Korea on his first official trip abroad and agreed with South Korea to boost the allies? joint defense abilities against North Korea. South Korea condemned the missile launching, saying that it violated a series of United Nations Security Council resolutions that bar North Korea from developing or testing ballistic missile and nuclear weapons technologies. The North Korean missile launch came less than two days after Mr. Trump said on Friday that defending against the nuclear and missile threats from North Korea was a ?very, very high priority.? Mr. Trump made the comment at a news conference with Mr. Abe at the White House. Mr. Trump and Mr. Abe made a joint appearance after the test.