North Korea fired two short-range missiles just days after a visit to the region by the top US defense and diplomatic officials, but President Joe Biden said they were not a serious provocation. It was nuclear-armed North Korea's first launch since his inauguration -- Pyongyang has been biding its time since the new administration took office, not even officially acknowledging its existence until last week. Washington is reviewing its approach to Pyongyang after a tumultuous relationship between president Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, which went from trading insults and threats of war to a diplomatic bromance and several meetings, but made no substantive progress towards denuclearization.
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