Tokyo — North Korea claimed to have successfully tested a new type of missile capable of carrying nuclear warheads over the weekend, just before the United States and South Korea began a joint cyber-military exercise. It was North Korea’s 12th missile test in three and a half months, and a sign that the country’s leader, … Read more
Seoul — North Korea simulated the launch of what analysts dubbed its “monster missile” last week, the Seoul military said on Wednesday, adding that the test was, in reality, likely the same intercontinental ballistic missile that Pyongyang fired in 2017 North Korea last Friday claimed to have passed the shooting test a Hwasong-17 missile – … Read more
Seoul, South Korea — North Korea said on Friday it had tested its largest intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) under the orders of leader Kim Jong Un, who has pledged to expand the North’s “nuclear war deterrent” while preparing for a “long-standing confrontation “with the United States. The North Korean state media report came a day … Read more
North Korea fired a suspected intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) towards the sea on Thursday in what would be its first such test since 2017, according to its neighbors’ military, upping the ante in a pressure campaign aimed at forcing the United States and other rivals to accept it as a nuclear power and remove crippling … Read more
Seoul, South Korea – North Korea fired at least one suspected ballistic missile into the sea on Thursday, its neighbors’ militaries said, apparently extending its deluge of weapons testing this can now include an intercontinental ballistic missile flight. Reuters news service quotes South Korea’s Yonhap news agency as saying the Joint Chiefs of Staff in … Read more
CNN — Hopes for a third summit between North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and US President Donald Trump appeared revived on Wednesday even after Pyongyang chastised Washington for “hostility” that was “viciously slandering” the country. North Korea’s Foreign Ministry has accused the United States of engaging in “extreme hostile acts” against their country, specifically … Read more
beijing CNN — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un made his first trip abroad since taking power in 2011, meeting Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing and discussing the country’s abandonment of nuclear weapons, according to state media. Chinese state. Kim, who made the surprise trip to the Chinese capital at Beijing’s request, said he … Read more
Seoul, South Korea – A North Korean missile fired from its capital region exploded shortly after liftoff in an apparently failed weapons launch on Wednesday, the South Korean military said, amid speculation the North is preparing to launch its longest-range missile in its biggest provocation in years. Details of the missile explosion were not immediately … Read more
North KoreaWednesday’s latest weapons launch apparently ended in failure, South Korea’s military said, amid speculation the North may soon launch its largest long-range missile in its most significant provocation For years. It was not immediately clear what North Korea launched on Wednesday morning or at what stage it had an apparent failure. But the launch, … Read more
US officials said Thursday that the Pentagon was stepping up its preparation in the Pacific in light of two North Korean missile tests over the past two weeks. North Korea has said the launches were to help develop satellites, but as CBS News Asia correspondent Elizabeth Palmer reports, US intelligence agencies believe Kim Jong Un’s … Read more