1. Before Sunday’s launches, the country also test-fired an intercontinental ballistic missile potentially capable of reaching the mainland U.S.; short-range, nuclear-capable missiles designed to hit South Korea; and other weapons. Experts say Kim, who sees his nuclear arsenal as his best ...
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Abe said, "North Korea's repeated ballistic missile launches present a serious challenge to Japan, as well as the international community." A senior Japanese foreign ministry official says it has lodged a protest with Pyongyang through its embassy in Beijing. North Korea has now conducted 13 miss...
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea's test of a new missile is meant as a "solemn warning" over rival South Korea's weapons development and plans to hold military drills with the United States, Pyongyang said Friday as it continued its pressure campai
Four launches, three failures and, finally, success.North Korean scientists watched as the rocket lifted off before putting an object into orbit. The director of North Korea’s satellite command center says the objective was achieved. "Kwangmyongsong-1 was a test of the rocket's ability to ...
North Korea’s launch of short-range ballistic missiles last Thursday evening was a final pre-deployment test of ballistic missiles aimed at South Korea, Daily NK has learned. The consecutive launch of three missiles was a first, indicating North Korea’s intention to defeat ...
North Korea has been ramping up tests of new, potentially nuclear-capable missiles designed to overwhelm missile defenses in the region. Some experts say Kim is going back to a tried-and-true technique of pressuring the world with missile launches and outrageous threats before offering negotiations...
Markus Schiller, a Europe-based missile expert, has argued that North Korea’s success in testing suggests it has had external support. Schiller notes, however, that under Kim Jong Un, North Korean missiles failed more often than in the past, suggesting that the younger Kim wa...
Why the Taepodong-2 failed was not yet clear. But U.S. officials said North Korean engineers could learn from the failure. They also said the launches of the short-range Scud and the medium-range Rodong missiles show North Korea still has them, and knows how to use them. ...
North Korea has just launched another missile. Does this guy have anything better to do with his life? Hard to believe that South Korea... — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump)July 4, 2017 ...and Japan will put up with this much longer. Perhaps China will put a heavy move on North...