U.S. believes N. Korea fired ballistic missile on Sat.: sources

The U.S. government believes North Korea launched a ballistic missile last week but is refraining from identifying it as such due to concerns that doing so could hamper President Donald Trump's efforts to reach a denuclearization deal, diplomatic sources said Thursday.The Pentagon has assessed that the series of projectiles fired from North Korea's eastern coast into the sea Saturday included a new type of short-range ballistic missile, they said. Such a move, prohibited under U.N. Security Council resolutions against the North, would normally be condemned at an emergency session of the cou…READ FULL ARTICLE