カテゴリー: North Korea
Latest intercontinental ballistic missile launch comes day after North resumed weapons testing and threatened ‘fiercer’ military response to US moves in regionJapan’s prime minister, Fumio Kishida, has condemned North Korea for firing a ballistic missi…
The latest missile test comes on the back of expanded military exercises between the US and South KoreaKorean tensions explained in 30 secondsNorth Korea launched a short-range ballistic missile Thursday toward its eastern waters, South Korea’s militar…
US president says he told Xi Jinping that Beijing had an ‘obligation’ to tell Kim Jong-un to avoid a seventh testJoe Biden has said he told Xi Jinping that China has an obligation to try to talk North Korea out of conducting a seventh nuclear test, alt…
Former president Moon Jae-in says he will give up gift of Pungsan dogs if no support from Yoon Suk-yeolSouth Korea’s former president Moon Jae-in has said he plans to give up a pair of dogs sent by the North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, as a gift after …
Moscow’s growing need for armaments from Pyongyang is likely to lead to greater alignment of diplomatic and military interests Russian arms procurement from Iran and North Korea heralds an increasing convergence of military and diplomatic interests bet…
China and Russia, meanwhile, accuse US of inflaming tensions with large-scale joint military exercises with South KoreaThe United States has accused Russia and China of providing “blanket protection” to North Korea from further UN Security Council acti…
Intercontinental ballistic missile is believed to have suffered in-flight malfunction, says Seoul, as Japan PM criticises ‘outrageous’ launchNorth Korea’s launch of a suspected new type of intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) may have been a failu…
Country firing close to South Korean waters in response to Washington-Seoul drills, as it also sells missiles to Russia In an overcrowded diplomatic nuclear space, the last thing the west needed to hear was that North Korea was back in business. It fir…
One missile landed close to South Korean territorial waters, south of the Northern Limit Line, military chiefs in Seoul say North and South Korean tensions explained in 30 secondsNorth Korea fired at least 10 missiles off its eastern and western coasts…
Survivors of 1945 atomic bomb express deep concern amid bellicose rhetoric from Russia and North KoreaToshiyuki Mimaki was playing in front of his family home in Hiroshima on the morning of 6 August 1945 when he saw a flash in the sky – the moment the …
Purchase likely to prove controversial, as Tokyo seeks to counter growing regional threatsJapan is looking into buying US-developed Tomahawk cruise missiles as it seeks to counter growing regional threats, including from North Korea, the government has…
A North Korean merchant vessel crossed the disputed maritime border, prompting the South’s navy to fire warning shots, its military saidSouth Korea’s military fired warning shots at a North Korean ship before dawn on Monday, saying the vessel had cross…
Latest in spate of ballistic missile launches further raises animosities between the two countriesNorth Korea has launched a ballistic missile toward its eastern waters and flew warplanes near the border with South Korea, the South’s military said, fur…
Kim Jong-un says tests are a warning to Pyongyang’s enemies and its nuclear combat forces were at ‘full preparedness for actual war’Kim Jong-un supervised the launch of two long-range cruise missiles, North Korean state media said, adding that the weap…
Kim Jong-un said his forces were “completely ready to hit and destroy targets at any time from any location”North and South Korea tensions explained in 30 secondsNorth Korea’s recent flurry of missile tests demonstrated its ability to carry out strikes…