North Korea FIRES Missiles to Warn U.S After Army Captures Maduro |First BIG Test of 2026 SUCCESSFUL

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Tensions skyrocket as North Korea fires multiple ballistic missiles following the U.S. capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. Kim Jong-un condemns Washington, calling the operation a “sovereignty violation,” and signals that Pyongyang will not abandon its nuclear program. Analysts warn the missile launches are a direct warning to the U.S., highlighting rising global instability and complicating denuclearization talks ahead of key diplomatic summits.    #KimJongUn #NorthKoreaMissiles #MaduroCapture #USOperationVenezuela #NorthKoreaWarning #TrumpVsKim #NuclearTensions #BallisticMissilesNorthKorea #VenezuelaCrisis #USNorthKoreaTensions #KimJongUnVsTrump #EastSeaMissileTest #GlobalSecurity #DenuclearizationChallenges #MaduroUSArrest #NorthKoreaNuclear  ~HT.410~ED.420~

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00:00North Korea has fired

00:26multiple ballistic missiles into the East Sea,

00:30and analysts say this timing is no coincidence.

00:34The launches came just hours after the United States

00:38carried out a surprise military operation,

00:41capturing Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro

00:44and transporting him to New York

00:46to face drug trafficking charges.

00:49For North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, this matters.

00:54Because to Pyongyang, the message is clear.

00:57If the U.S. can remove Maduro,

00:59it could target other hostile leaders next.

01:03South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff

01:05say the missiles were launched from near Pyongyang

01:08at around 7.50 a.m.,

01:10flying roughly 900 kilometers before landing in the East Sea.

01:15It was North Korea's first missile test of the year.

01:19This also happened right before South Korea's President

01:22Lee Jae-myung traveled to Beijing for talks with Chinese leader

01:26Xi Jinping, a summit where North Korea's nuclear program

01:30was expected to be discussed.

01:31So the timing appears calculated and intentional.

01:36North Korea's foreign ministry condemned the U.S. operation in Venezuela,

01:40calling it the most serious form of encroachment of sovereignty.

01:44They describe the United States as rogue, brutal, and dangerous.

01:49But analysts say there is something deeper going on.

01:53Kim Jong-un may see Maduro's capture as a warning,

01:57a reminder that leaders who challenge Washington can be removed quickly.

02:01And that reinforces Kim's belief that nuclear weapons are his insurance policy.

02:08One analyst said abandoning nuclear weapons would feel like suicide for Kim Jong-un.

02:15And that means any future talks on denuclearization just became even harder.

02:21It may also make North Korea more unpredictable.

02:25We could see faster development of tactical nuclear weapons,

02:28more missile launches, and more demonstrations of military strength.

02:33There's also a diplomatic angle.

02:36North Korea and Venezuela have been close since 1974.

02:40Pyongyang opened an embassy in Caracas in 2015,

02:44and Venezuela opened one in Pyongyang in 2019.

02:48So Maduro's capture doesn't just look like a security threat.

02:52It looks like the removal of a friend.

02:55From Kim's perspective, this fits a pattern.

02:58Saddam Hussein in Iraq, Muammar Gaddafi in Libya,

03:02and now Nicolas Maduro, all leaders who challenged the U.S. and lost power.

03:09So these missile launches send a message.

03:13North Korea is a nuclear-armed state and intends to stay that way.

03:18South Korea's National Security Office called the missile tests

03:21a violation of U.N. Security Council resolutions,

03:25urging Pyongyang to stop what it called provocative actions.

03:30But behind the headlines, the tension is about fear, survival, and deterrence.

03:36Kim Jong-un is watching what happened in Venezuela,

03:39and he wants Washington to know

03:41North Korea will not give up its nuclear shield,

03:45no matter the pressure.

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