{"id":95001,"date":"2026-08-20T10:14:18","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T10:14:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/north-korea-launches-ballistic-missiles-as-trump-seeks-to-rekindle-nuclear-talks-with-kim-jong-un\/"},"modified":"2026-08-20T10:14:18","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T10:14:18","slug":"north-korea-launches-ballistic-missiles-as-trump-seeks-to-rekindle-nuclear-talks-with-kim-jong-un","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/north-korea-launches-ballistic-missiles-as-trump-seeks-to-rekindle-nuclear-talks-with-kim-jong-un\/","title":{"rendered":"North Korea launches ballistic missiles as Trump seeks to rekindle nuclear talks with Kim Jong Un"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p><em>Seoul<\/em>\u00a0\u2014 North Korea fired several short-range ballistic missiles, Seoul&#8217;s military said Thursday, hours after President <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/trump-kim-jong-un-north-korea-meeting-nuclear-weapons\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Trump said he would meet<\/a><\/span> again with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/feature\/north-korea-tensions\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un<\/a> later this year.<\/p>\n<p> The latest launches by the nuclear-armed North came after Mr. Trump ordered a reduction in the ongoing joint South Korea-U.S. Ulchi Freedom Shield military exercises, which are now set to end Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Pyongyang has long condemned U.S.-South Korean exercises as rehearsals for an invasion, often staging missile test launches during and around the drills.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Trump said he <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/u-s-south-korea-cut-short-joint-military-drills-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">made the decision to scale back<\/a><\/span>\u00a0the war games &#8220;based on my very good relationship with&#8221; Kim. He said the longstanding annual military exercises sent a &#8220;totally inappropriate and hostile signal&#8221; to the North.<\/p>\n<p>South Korea&#8217;s lack of assistance in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/us-iran-tensions\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">war with Iran<\/a> was also a factor, he said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed__float-wrap\">\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\" data-ads=\"{\" extrawordcount=\"\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/08\/20\/2cfdb273-d791-45a8-b1c5-05b535a0ac1f\/thumbnail\/620x449g2\/53c58bf5fe959103b233b25df114a7aa\/south-korea-ulchi-freedom-shield-2290522852.jpg#\" alt=\"SKOREA-US-NKOREA-MILITARY-EXERCISE \" height=\"449\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/08\/20\/2cfdb273-d791-45a8-b1c5-05b535a0ac1f\/thumbnail\/620x449g2\/53c58bf5fe959103b233b25df114a7aa\/south-korea-ulchi-freedom-shield-2290522852.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/08\/20\/2cfdb273-d791-45a8-b1c5-05b535a0ac1f\/thumbnail\/1240x898g2\/8af6445f115f7b99edaba791e02f2680\/south-korea-ulchi-freedom-shield-2290522852.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">South Korean soldiers take part in an anti-terror drill at a hotel in Seoul on Aug. 19, 2026, on the sidelines of a major South Korea-U.S. joint military exercise named Ulchi Freedom Shield.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Jung Yeon-je\/AFP\/Getty<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The president said it was important to &#8220;get along&#8221; with Kim, adding that Pyongyang now had 57 &#8220;very powerful&#8221; nuclear weapons.<\/p>\n<p>Officials in Seoul said Thursday that North Korean now has between 80 and 120 nuclear warheads, and they couldn&#8217;t explain the discrepancy between their estimate and Mr. Trump&#8217;s.<\/p>\n<p> Just hours after Mr. Trump said he expected to meet again with Kim, an official from Seoul&#8217;s Joint Chiefs of Staff told the AFP that the North had fired &#8220;around 10 short-range ballistic missiles&#8221; from the Pyongyang area.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed__float-wrap\">\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\" data-ads=\"{\" extrawordcount=\"\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/08\/20\/bf20a048-18b0-44c0-9276-a2ebcd39f047\/thumbnail\/620x454g2\/43d3418b22b16653dd4248d8213fa072\/north-korea-missile-2290633243.jpg#\" alt=\"SKOREA-US-NKOREA-DIPLOMACY-MISSILE \" height=\"454\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/08\/20\/bf20a048-18b0-44c0-9276-a2ebcd39f047\/thumbnail\/620x454g2\/43d3418b22b16653dd4248d8213fa072\/north-korea-missile-2290633243.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/08\/20\/bf20a048-18b0-44c0-9276-a2ebcd39f047\/thumbnail\/1240x908g2\/680c00c758de976bd485617df6d4c43f\/north-korea-missile-2290633243.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">People watch a news broadcast showing file video of a North Korean missile test, at a train station in Seoul, South Korea, Aug. 20, 2026, after the North fired around 10 short-range ballistic missiles, according to South Korea&#8217;s military.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Jung Yeon-je\/AFP\/Getty<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Japan earlier said a suspected &#8220;ballistic missile launched by North Korea a short while ago has already fallen,&#8221; according to an X post from the prime minister&#8217;s office.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Trump&#8217;s sudden focus on Kim and his scaling back of the joint drills with South Korea have alarmed Asian allies, sparking speculation that he may be seeking a foreign policy win as the <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/live-updates\/us-iran-war-deal-strait-of-hormuz\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Iran war grinds on<\/a><\/span> in a costly stalemate.<\/p>\n<p> Kim Yo Jong, the North Korean leader&#8217;s powerful sister, said Wednesday that her brother had &#8220;good memories and feelings&#8221; about Mr. Trump and that the relationship between the two leaders remained &#8220;excellent.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> She said, however, that she was unaware of any current communication between the two leaders.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-video embed--type-content_video is-video embed--float-left embed--size-medium\"><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n                              <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/video\/hr-mcmaster-reacts-trump-north-korea-kim-jong-un\/\" class=\"embed__headline-link\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>          <span class=\"embed__icon\"><br \/>\n            <svg viewbox=\"0 0 32 32\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n              <use xlink:href=\"#icon-video\"\/>\n            <\/svg><br \/>\n          <\/span><\/p>\n<p>          <span class=\"embed__headline\">H.R. McMaster reacts to Trump apparently pushing for meeting with North Korea&#8217;s Kim Jong Un<\/span><\/p>\n<p>          <span class=\"embed__video-duration\">05:16<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                      <\/a><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Mr. Trump met three times with Kim during his first term, lauding his relations with the authoritarian leader but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/trump-claims-north-korea-agreed-to-denuclearize-but-thats-not-the-case\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">failing to get him to make any solid commitments<\/a> to rein in North Korea&#8217;s nuclear weapons program, which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/north-korea-new-nuclear-facility\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">has advanced steadily<\/a> since.<\/p>\n<p>Her statement came hours after Seoul announced the Ulchi Freedom Shield exercises would end on Friday \u2014 about a week earlier than planned \u2014 &#8220;at the suggestion 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