With Blinken visiting Seoul, North Korea launches ballistic missile

North Korea reportedly launched an intermediate-range ballistic missile on Monday, according to South Korean military officials. The rocket launch appears to be the latest geopolitical agitation by the communist country and comes as U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken was visiting Seoul, South Korea.

The missile was fired around noon local time and traveled nearly 700 miles before falling into the sea between Japan and the Korean Peninsula, according to multiple reports. It was the country’s first ballistic missile launch since Nov. 5, shortly before the U.S. presidential election began.