North Korea’s foreign ministry has warned Japan not to join the newly announced Nuclear Consultative Group (NCG) between South Korea and the US and said doing so would make the Northeast Asian region unstable. The group, announced during South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol’s state visit to the US last …
Read More »Kim Jong Un’s sister warns US-S Korea pact risks ‘serious danger’
Kim Jong Un’s sister said North Korea would respond in ‘direct proportion’ to her country’s enemies – the US and South Korea. North Korea’s Kim Yo Jong, the powerful sister of leader Kim Jong Un, has warned that her country will stage more displays of military might in response to …
Read More »Biden threatens North Korea with annihilation
A nuclear attack by Pyongyang would “result in the end” of Kim Jong-un’s regime, the US president has warned. US President Joe Biden declared on Wednesday that a North Korean nuclear attack on his country or South Korea would spell doom for Pyongyang. Under a new agreement between Washington and …
Read More »North Korea’s Kim orders launch of ‘completed’ spy satellite
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ordered the launch of the secretive regime’s “completed” spy satellite, state media said Wednesday, claiming it was a response to the “escalating military threat and challenge of the U.S. and South Korea.” Kim said that the satellite “will be launched at the planned date” …
Read More »North Korea touts “nuclear war deterrence” with submarine cruise missile test amid U.S.-South Korea drills
The South Korean and U.S. militaries launched their biggest joint military exercises in years Monday, as North Korea said it tested submarine-launched cruise missiles in an apparent protest of the drills it views as an invasion rehearsal. North Korea’s launches Sunday signal the country likely will conduct provocative weapons testing …
Read More »North Korea threatens action after US flies nuclear-capable B-52 bomber over Korean Peninsula
North Korea has threatened to take “quick, overwhelming action” after the United States flew a nuclear-capable B-52 bomber over the Korean Peninsula in an exercise with South Korean warplanes. Kim Yo Jong, the sister of dictator Kim Jong-Un, made the threat as the U.S. and South Korea continue to carry …
Read More »North Korea says US causing international arms control collapse
North Korea on Saturday blamed the United States for what it said was the collapse of international arms control systems and said Pyongyang’s nuclear weapons were a just response to ensure the balance of power in the region. “The Korean peninsula is turning into the world’s biggest powderkeg and war …
Read More »North Korea says US drills amount to ‘declaration of war’
Pyongyang urged Washington to end “hostile” military drills with Seoul and to remove its strategic assets from the region. North Korea has warned that it will soon consider US military action near its borders as a “declaration of war,” issuing a harsh response after American diplomats pressed the United Nations …
Read More »US, South Korea stage joint air exercise after North’s ICBM launch
The United States and South Korea have held a joint air exercise involving US strategic bombers after North Korea fired an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) in a “sudden launching drill”. On Sunday, Seoul’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said the exercise, where South Korea’s F-35A, F-15K, and US F-16 fighters escorted …
Read More »North Korea fires long range missile ahead of US-South Korea drills
North Korea has launched at least one long-range ballistic missile off its east coast after warning of a strong response to the upcoming US-South Korea military drills. According to the South Korean military, the missile launch was conducted from the Sunan area near Pyongyang on Saturday. “North Korea fires an …
Read More »North Korea orders new ICBM and larger nuclear arsenal
Pyongyang needs “overwhelming military power” to protect its sovereignty, Kim Jong-un says North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has called for the country to develop a new intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) and boost its nuclear arsenal amid rising tensions on the Korean Peninsula, state-run media reported. Pyongyang requires “overwhelming military power” …
Read More »‘Tit-for-tat’ warning: North Korea fires shells into buffer zone with South
South Korea says the North has fired a barrage of artillery shells into a maritime buffer zone. Pyongyang says it was a warning against Seoul’s “provocative actions.” The South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement that about 130 artillery rounds were simultaneously fired from two separate sites, …
Read More »North Korea vows to create world’s most powerful nuclear force
Kim Jong-un hailed Pyongyang’s new ICBM as the strongest strategic weapon on the planet North Korea seeks to have the most powerful nuclear capability in the world, the nation’s leader, Kim Jong-un, said on Sunday. He also ordered the promotion of military officials and scientists involved in the recent successful …
Read More »South Korea sanctions Pyongyang
The first unilateral restrictions in five years come in response to the North’s recent missile tests South Korea has sanctioned North Korea over its recent flurry of missile tests, the first such move in almost five years, the nation’s Foreign Ministry announced on Friday. “We strongly condemn North Korea’s latest …
Read More »North Korea outlines position on talks with US
Kim Jong-un says Pyongyang has “nothing to talk about with enemies” The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) does not see any point in engaging in talks with the US and South Korea, the country’s leader, Kim Jong-un, has said. In a report released by the North Korean state news …
Read More »North Korea fires ballistic missiles hours after Kamala Harris leaves Seoul
North Korea has fired two ballistic missiles in less than a week in the wake of a visit by US Vice President Kamala Harris to the troubled Korean Peninsula. The South Korean military said it had detected the launch of “two short-range ballistic missiles from the Sunchon area in South …
Read More »Kim Jong-un declares North Korea a nuclear state and says it will never give up its weapons
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has stressed that his country will never surrender its nuclear arsenal or use it as a bargaining chip for denuclearization with the US, state media said on Friday. The remarks came during a key parliamentary meeting, where legislators passed a new law governing the use …
Read More »North Korea ready for more nuclear tests – Reuters
Pyongyang is also seeking to ramp up fissile material production, a UN report seen by the outlet says
Read More »North Korea mobilizes military to battle Covid
Officials have confirmed a total of 50 deaths and over 1.21 million cases of “fever” since late April
Read More »North Korea fires unidentified projectile towards East Sea
North Korea fired an unidentified projectile toward the East Sea on Saturday, South Korea’s military said.
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