# North Korea launches missiles after Trump floats Kim meeting, Seoul says

https://mins.news/en/video/27481

- France 24 English, 2026-08-20 15:21 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kEy75FGKm8

> South Korea says North Korea fired several short-range ballistic missiles on Thursday. The launches followed Donald Trump’s suggestion that he could meet Kim Jong Un this year, while Pyongyang mocked Seoul as a US “servant”. They came during a shortened Ulchi Freedom Shield exercise by South Korea and the United States.

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