US Vice President Kamala Harris, during her visit to Seoul, slammed the supreme leader of North Korea Kim Jong Un’s “brutal dictatorship” leading to the country firing more ballistic missiles.

What happened: Harris called out Pyongyang for its illegal arms program and rampant human rights abuses during her visit to the inter-Korean border on Thursday.

Shortly after the vice president left Seoul late Thursday, Kim’s isolated nation fired two ballistic missiles north of her capital in the direction of her flight. according to to Reuters. This came as the third such Start in five days.

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“In the North we see a brutal dictatorship, rampant human rights abuses and an illegal arms program that threatens peace and stability,” Harris said.

Meanwhile, the White House said that Harris and the South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol affirmed the goal the complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula. “The United States and the world strive for a stable and peaceful Korean Peninsula where the DPRK no longer poses a threat,” Harris added.

The US Vice President was in the demilitarized zone (DMZ), separating the two Koreas after arriving in Seoul early Thursday. Her trip to the Korean DMZ was intended to show her solidarity with Seoul following North Korea’s recent ballistic missile tests.

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