Blinken calls North Korea missile tests 'profoundly destabilizing'

A missile is launched during what state media report is a hypersonic missile test at an undisclosed location in North Korea, January 11, 2022, in this photo released January 12, 2022 by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA). KCNA via REUTERS

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -North Korea's missile tests are profoundly destabilizing and dangerous and Pyongyang has yet to respond to any of Washington's diplomatic overtures, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Thursday.

The Biden administration on Wednesday imposed its first sanctions https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/us-imposes-sanctions-north-koreans-russian-after-missile-tests-2022-01-12 over North Korea's weapons programs following a series of North Korean missile launches, including two since last week.