Tag: North Korea
North Korea claims it tested ballistic missile with ‘super-large’ warhead
North Korea claimed Thursday that its latest weapons test had been of a tactical ballistic missile capable of carrying a "super-large" warhead, and a strategic cruise missile, state media reported.
North Korea fires multiple short-range ballistic missiles
North Korea fired a salvo of short-range ballistic missiles early Wednesday, Seoul's military said, Pyongyang's second such weapons test in a week.
North Korean defects to South, says Seoul military
Seoul's military said it picked up "one suspected North Korean individual on the eastern front and handed them over to the relevant authorities".
Seoul fires warning shots as N. Korean soldiers cross border again
Dozens of North Korean soldiers briefly crossed the heavily fortified border Tuesday but retreated after warning shots were fired, Seoul said, the second such incident in two weeks as Pyongyang reinforces its frontiers with the South.
South Korea resumes loudspeaker propaganda, North vows ‘counteraction’
Seoul this month suspended a 2018 military deal aimed at reducing tensions on the peninsula after Pyongyang sent hundreds of balloons carrying bags of garbage, including cigarette butts and plastic waste, paving the way for the resumption of the loudspeaker broadcasts.
South Korea on alert for more trash balloons from the North
In two waves last week, North Korea sent hundreds of balloons with bags of trash into the South, describing them as a response to anti-Pyongyang propaganda balloons sent the other way by South Korean activists.
Yongbyon: North Korea appears to restart nuclear reactor
North Korea appears to have restarted its Yongbyon nuclear reactor, the UN atomic agency has said
North Korea fires two ballistic missiles into the Sea of Japan
North Korea has fired two ballistic missiles into the Sea of Japan, Japanese and US officials say - the first such test since Joe Biden became US president
North Korea fires two short-range missiles over weekend
North Korea fired two short-range missiles at the weekend, U.S. officials said on Tuesday, but Washington played down the first such tests under the Biden administration
North Korean extradited from Malaysia appears in U.S. court
WASHINGTON - A North Korean businessman accused by the United States of laundering money to circumvent U.S. and U.N. sanctions intended to curb his...
