North Korea

North Korea fired several cruise missiles toward its western sea Saturday, South Korea’s military said, marking the second launch event this week apparently in protest of the docking of a nuclear-armed US submarine in South Korea. While…
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North Korea tested its latest Hwasong-18 intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) on Wednesday, its state media reported, saying the weapon is the core of its nuclear strike force and a warning to the United States and other adversaries.…
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North Korea fired an unspecified ballistic missile off its east coast, South Korea’s joint chiefs of staff said in a statement. The launch was also reported by Japan’s military, barely a month after North Korea’s last launch and is its…
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North Korea denounced on Monday what it called a move by the United States to introduce a nuclear missile submarine to waters near the Korean peninsula, saying it creates a situation that brings a nuclear conflict closer to reality. North…
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North Korea appeared to have eased a strict COVID-19 mask mandate, media reports said this week, after state news agencies showed many people maskless. The isolated country has maintained border lockdowns and other anti-COVID measures long…
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North Korea held mass rallies in Pyongyang where people shouted slogans vowing a “war of revenge” to destroy the United States, as it marked the 73rd anniversary of the outbreak of the Korean War, state media reported on Monday. About…
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North Korea condemns South Korea’s live fire drills with the United States, the North’s state news agency KCNA reported on Thursday, citing a spokesperson from the ministry of defence. North Korea’s forces will sternly respond to “any kind…
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North Korea has denounced the United Nations secretary-general’s criticism of its satellite launch, state media KCNA reported on Friday. North Korea will continue to exercise its sovereign rights including launching military spy…
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North Korea’s launch of a “ballistic missile” violates UN Security Council resolutions, Japan said Wednesday, after what Pyongyang said was a failed attempt to put a satellite in space. “As a ballistic missile launch like this one violates…
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North Korea is set to launch its first military spy satellite in June aimed at tracking US military action on a real-time basis, Yonhap News Agency reported quoting a senior official in charge of the North’s military affairs as saying.…
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