MINE’S BIGGER THAN YOURS

The U.S. and South Korea fired a salvo of eight missiles—one of which was American—in a powerful escalation of tensions with North Korea.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/biden-fires-us-missile-in-tit-for-tat-clash-with-kim-jong-un

Donald Kirk

PublishedJun. 06, 202211:54AM ET

Listen to article8 minutes

SEOUL—The U.S., South Korea and North Korea have all test-fired missiles in adangerous duelthat marks an abrupt escalation in tensions on the Korean peninsula.

The North opened the clash on Sunday, challenging both the U.S. and South Korea’s new hardline president by firing eight short-range missiles into the sea off the east coast—the most ever fired on a single day. South Korea and the U.S. responded in kind, firing eight missiles of their own into the same sea about 90 miles south on Monday.

Washington, D.C. and Seoul are expecting North Korea’s Kim Jong Un to order the North’s seventh nuclear test in the coming days. It would be its…