SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korea has conducted four missile tests in the month since new South Korean President Moon Jae-in took office, testing his stated desire to reach out to Pyongyang. Here’s a look at developments since Moon’s election:
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MAY 10: Moon, a liberal, is inaugurated as South Korea’s president, ending nearly a decade of conservative rule.
MAY 14: North Korea fires a newly developed Hwasong-12 missile that it says can carry a heavy nuclear warhead. Moon expresses deep regret about the test.
MAY 21: North Korea tests a solid-fuel Pukguksong-2 missile that is harder for outsiders to detect before launch.
MAY 26: South Korea says it will allow a civic group to contact North Korea to help fight malaria in the first government approval of a cross-border civilian exchange since January 2016.
MAY 29: North Korea fires a short-range ballistic missile that lands in Japan’s maritime economic zone.
JUNE 5: The South Korean civic group says the North has rejected its offer of anti-malarial supplies because of the South’s support of new U.N. sanctions on the North.
JUNE 8: North Korea fires several projectiles believed to be short-range surface-to-ship cruise missiles off its east coast.
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