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As China conducts its military exercise near Taiwan by firing live missiles, multiple flights have been cancelled or diverted, which connect Northeast Asia and Southeast Asia,
We heard about there. you have been pointing out to us four weeks, that with this new leadership change in south korea, they have said they will follow a different strategy towards north korea. are we seeing evidence of that, now? >> reporter: they have said they will have a firmer and sterner response to missile launches. what happened on sunday morning is less concerning than a ballistic missile launch, for example. the question is, how will they respond to show that they have a stronger reaction to what north korea is doing, at the moment, which is intense missile testing and potentially a ...
Did decide to carry out a nuclear test or some kind of missile test, certainly an icbm, if a u.s. president was actually in the country or in japan, where he's heading to next. as far as can i remember, that simply has not happened up until this point. quite often, north korea has carried out some kind of test juf before or just after any kind of presidential trip, but for it to happen while joe biden is here would be quite surprising. but we have seen what has already been quite surprising, the performance from north korea this year, january is in the record books for the sheer number of miss...
Korean missile testing, that has slowed down a bit, but has continued throughout the course of this year. where now we're at well more than a dozen tests, not only ballistic missiles, but claimed hypersonic missiles and cruise missiles. in march after they saw the first of these icbm system trials, the u.s. said it would increase surveillance at the yellow sea near north korea. earlier this week national security adviser jake sullivan suggested the u.s. may take more steps if there is an icbm test, especially while president joe biden is in the region. let's not forget, this isn't the only thi...
See, as to whether or not north korea would carry this out. of course, they've only a week ago admitted they have a fairly serious covid outbreak within the country, but the same day they announced that, they also fired three short-range missiles, so, clearly showing that even though they are dealing with this outbreak, that's not going to slow their weapons testing and their missile testing down. so, we really are waiting to see whether or not there is going to be some kind of a test from north korea. this year, so far, has been quite remarkable. 15 missile launches so far. john? >> paula, st...