カテゴリー: North Korea
The recent test of an ICBM is a show of strength by Kim Jong-un and a reminder that he will have to be treated as an equal by the US in future talksWhen it comes to North Korean missile launches – and much else about the secretive country – all may not…
Test follows North Korea’s recent launch of a long-range missile amid speculation regime could soon conduct nuclear testSouth Korea has said it has successfully test-fired a solid-fuel space rocket for the first time, as it attempts to ramp up its defe…
Ukrainian general says Moscow unable to ‘swallow’ country but faces guerrilla warfare if it tries to divide itRussia-Ukraine war: latest updatesVladimir Putin wants to split Ukraine into two, emulating the post-war division between North and South Kore…
‘Shortcut’ tunnel at Punggye-ri nuclear testing centre could see it operational within a month, sources tell South Korean news agencyNorth Korea may be making rapid preparations to carry out a nuclear weapons test for the first time in more than four y…
North Korean state television has broadcast a Hollywood-style film that purports to show Kim Jong-un and military officials overseeing the launch of the Hwasong-17 intercontinental ballistic missile. The launch drew international condemnation.North Kor…
State TV broadcasts Hollywood-style video starring leader in aviator shades and flanked by military officersSporting a shiny leather jacket and aviator shades, the North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un has starred in a Hollywood-style video for Pyongyang’s …
State media says Kim Jong-un directly guided the launch of the powerful new Hwasong-17 missileNorth Korea has confirmed that it tested a new, powerful type of intercontinental ballistic missile, marking an end to a self-imposed moratorium on long-range…
Japan calls testing ‘unforgivable’ as regime fires one of biggest missiles for first time since 2017North Korea has launched what is thought to be its largest intercontinental ballistic missile to date, in a dramatic return to long-range testing that m…
Plaintiffs say they endured decades of abuse after resettlement campaign in which Tokyo colludedA Tokyo court has rejected a lawsuit filed by five people seeking compensation from North Korea for what they said was decades of abuse after they were lure…
North Korea recently conducted its ninth weapons test of 2022 but the latest appears to have misfiredNorth Korea fired an “unknown projectile” on Wednesday that appeared to fail immediately after launch, South Korea’s military said after Japanese media…
Pyongyang launches were to test parts of intercontinental ballistic missile and not satellite surveillance system, US concludesThe US believes North Korea is testing a new intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) in what the Biden administration calle…
Images captured by satellite showed very early signs of activity at the Punggye-ri siteCommercial satellite imagery shows construction at North Korea’s nuclear testing site for the first time since it was closed in 2018, US-based analysts said on Tuesd…
Eighth rocket launch this year looked to be fired from area near Pyongyang international airportNorth Korea says a test conducted on Sunday was for the development of a reconnaissance satellite system, state media reported a day after a missile launch …
After pausing launches during the Winter Olympics, North Korea has fired a possible ballistic missile, according to Japan’s coast guardNorth Korea has fired what may be a ballistic missile, South Korean and Japanese officials said, after a seemingly qu…