US Remains Open to Dialogue Despite North Korea’s Repeated Missile Launches: Official

A TV screen shows file images of North Korea's missile launch during a news program at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, on Oct. 13, 2022. Ahn Young-joon/AP Photo

The United States remains open to dialogue with North Korea despite the growing tensions caused by the latter’s missile launches and warplanes deployment near the border of South Korea, a U.S. official said Friday.

North Korea fired a short-range ballistic missile into the sea and blasted about 560 artillery shots into the maritime buffer zones between the two Koreas on Friday, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said.