SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea on Monday fired a ballistic missile that flew 1,100 kilometers (685 miles) before landing in waters between the Korean Peninsula and Japan, South Korea’s military said, extending its weapons testing weeks before Donald Trump returns as U.S. pr...
North Korea didn’t immediately confirm Wednesday’s missile launches. They followed a previous round of ballistic tests last week as Kim vowed to have his nuclear force fully ready for battle with its rivals. The North said the launches on Sept. 12 involved its “super-...
The North's military also tested a strategic cruise missile that has been upgraded for combat use, KCNA said. North Korea has criticized military drills by the South Korean and U.S. militaries, including a large-scale exercise conducted this summer, as preparations for war ...
Leff stood by the organization's research and said its analysis highlights three observations about North Korea’s missile activities. It confirms the continued use of freshly manufactured North Korean ballistic missiles in Ukraine, he said, and the discovery of the 2024 manufacturing mark on one mi...
North Korea launched a possible ballistic missile on Wednesday, Japan's Ministry of Defense said in a tweet.
North Korean intercontinental ballistic missile launch meant as message to 'rivals' Just days before the United States’ presidential election, North Korea conducted a new provocation by test-launching an intercontinental ballistic missile believed to be capable of reaching the U.S....
South Korea's military says North Korea test-fired a suspected intermediate-range ballistic missile toward waters off its eastern coast, as it pushes to advance its weapons aimed at U.S. targets in the Pacific.
South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said it detected the launches at about 6:50 am from the North's Kaechon area in north of Pyongyang, and the missiles flew about 400 kilometers, as per Yonhap news outlet. "We strongly condemn North Korea's missile launches that ar...
Monday's launch was the North's first weapons firing in five days. Last Wednesday, North Korealaunched what it called a multiwarhead missilein the first known launch of a developmental, advanced weapon meant to defeat U.S. and South Korean missile defenses. North Korea said the launch was ...
An American official commented on North Korea's latest missile launch, and confirmed that it was an intercontinental ballistic missile. The Japanese government also commented on the launch and said that the missile flew to an altitude of over 7,000 km and covered a range of about 1,000 km....