カテゴリー: Nuclear weapons
South Korea calls launches ‘grave provocation’ and detects experiment that suggests forthcoming nuclear testNorth Korea has fired three ballistic missiles into the sea off its east coast, including one believed to have long-range capabilities, the Sout…
US president willing to meet Kim Jong-un, while Seoul says deployment of US ‘strategic assets’ was discussedJoe Biden and his South Korean counterpart, Yoon Suk-yeol, have said they are considering expanding joint military exercises in response to the …
Leader vows to boost arsenal primarily as deterrent but also against forces that try to ‘violate’ interests of nationThe North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, has vowed to move faster in bolstering his nuclear forces and threatened to use them if provoked …
Leader appears well pleased with latest test of what state media reported was a new type of tactical guided weaponNorth Korea has test-fired a new weapons system, under the supervision of leader Kim Jong-un, that it claims will boost the efficiency of …
US says Pyongyang may escalate recent provocations with a weapons test on 110th anniversary of founder Kim Il-sung’s birthNorth Korea could be planning its first nuclear weapon test in nearly five years, according to a senior US official who urged the …
Warning points to a rise in tensions on the peninsula after the North conducted its first intercontinental ballistic missile test in five yearsThe influential sister of North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong-un, has said the country’s nuclear forces would “ann…
‘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…
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…
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…
Influential former prime minister Shinzo Abe called for Tokyo to consider hosting US nuclear weapons in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine China has reacted angrily to calls by Japan’s influential former prime minister, Shinzo Abe, for Tokyo to c…
Pyongyang still developing nuclear and ballistic programmes and seeking material and help abroad, says reportNorth Korea has continued to develop its nuclear and ballistic missile programmes, including its capability to produce nuclear fissile material…
Pictures appear to capture the missile rising from its launcher and a shot looking back down on Earth North Korea has released images it claims show the test-firing this weekend of its biggest missile for several years, as it attempts to use launches …
Biden official: ‘We reiterate our call for diplomacy’South Korean leader fears return to war threats of 2017The US on Sunday made a direct appeal to North Korea to join direct talks with no preconditions about its nuclear and missile programs, after Py…
Test marks Pyongyang’s seventh weapons launch this month, highlighting expanding arsenal amid stalled denuclearisation talksNorth Korea fired what appeared to be the most powerful missile it has tested since the US president, Joe Biden, took office, p…
Pyongyang’s regime has carried out six tests in January ‘confirming the power of conventional warhead’North Korea has test-fired more long-range cruise missiles and short-range ballistic missiles, state media says, part of a record-breaking streak of l…