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North Korea’s Kim Jong Un oversees cruise missile test as Seoul, US start drills
SEOUL: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visited a navy unit and oversaw a strategic cruise missile test, state media reported on Monday, ahead of…
North Korea’s Kim Jong Un visits military factories including missile plant
SEOUL: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visited key military factories, including a tactical missile production plant, state media KCNA said on Monday. Kim “expressed…
North Korea’s Kim orders sharp increase in missile production, days before US-South Korea drills
SEOUL: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un made another inspection tour of major munitions factories and ordered a drastic increase in production of missiles and…
North Korea: North Korea fires long-range missile, South Korea military says
SEOUL/TOKYO: North Korea fired a long-range missile off its east coast on Wednesday, South Korea‘s military said, barely a month after Pyongyang’s last launch and…
North Korea: North Korea’s spy satellite ‘crashes into sea’, vows 2nd launch ‘as soon as possible’
SEOUL: A military spy satellite launched by North Korea earlier in the day crashed into the Yellow Sea owing to an engine problem and it…
North: North Korea criticises G7 over call for denuclearisation
SEOUL: North Korea’s position as a nuclear weapons state will remain undeniable and it will continue to build its forces until military threats from the…
North Korea claims another test of underwater nuclear drone
SEOUL: North Korea on Saturday claimed it tested this week a second known type of nuclear-capable underwater attack drone designed to destroy naval vessels and…
North: North Korea journalists union holds first meeting in 22 years
SEOUL: North Korea held a conference of its journalists union for the first time since 2001, state media said Wednesday, as the isolated regime ramps…
North Korea makes fresh threats with ICBM test, US bombers fly
SEOUL: North Korea said Sunday its latest intercontinental ballistic missile test was meant to further bolster its “fatal” nuclear attack capacity and threatened additional powerful…
North Korea: North Korea shows off largest-ever number of nuclear missiles at nighttime parade
SEOUL: Nuclear-armed North Korea showcased its missile production muscle during a nighttime parade, state media reported on Thursday, displaying more intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) than…