Two of his friend’s promises were central to him, said ex-US President Donald Trump at the end of 2019: he was not allowed to carry out any nuclear tests or test missiles “with which he could attack us”. At least the latter broke the friend, North Korea’s dictator Kim Jong-un, on Thursday. The government in Pyongyang confirmed on Friday that the country shot down a new Hwasong-17 ICBM. And there are also reports of a planned nuclear test.
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