PANMUNJOM: US Vice President Kamala Harris said on Thursday North Korea’s recent missile test was destabilising as she visited the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) separating the two Koreas a day after the reclusive North’s test launch of two short-range ballistic missiles off its east coast.

North Korea fires two ballistic missiles ahead of Harris’ visit to South

Harris said she discussed the test launch with South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol who she met with after arriving in Seoul early on Thursday amid simmering tensions in the region over North Korea’s missile launches and China’s actions in the Taiwan Strait.