KCNA said the missile, which flew about 800 kilometers (500 miles), was tipped with a mock nuclear warhead and that the test reaffirmed the reliability of the weapon's nuclear explosion control devices and warh
North Korea follows up nuclear test with threats and missile testsJohn Matson
All of North Korea's launches violate United Nations Security Council resolutions that ban missile development by the Kim regime. Kim, however, insists his isolated nation needs to develop its weapons, including its nuclear missiles, to defend against the threat of an attack by the U.S. ...
Analysts say North Korea could conduct a nuclear test explosion or long-range missile test ahead of the U.S. presidential election in November with the intent of influencing the outcome and increasing its leverage in future dealings with the new U.S. administration. ___ ...
[02:43.72]Nuclear-armed North Korea has tested [02:47.36]a record number of missiles this year. [02:50.72]Officials from South Korea and the U.S. [02:55.08]said the North has completed technical work [02:59.04]to te...
UNsanctions(制裁)ban North Korea from allballistic(弹道的)missile-related activities. The sanctions were strengthened after Pyongyang carried out a second underground nuclear test in May. North Korea is now banned from exporting all weapons and importing all but small arms. ...
Another nuclear test would bring North Korea a step closer to being able to launch a long-range missile tipped with a nuclear warhead, said Daniel Pinkston, an analyst with the International Crisis Group. Article content “Their behavior indicates they want to acquire those capabilities,” he...
"These demonstrations might be considered missile exercising rather than developmental testing," the U.S.-based Center for International and Strategic Studies said in a report this week. North Korea could test-fire ICBMs on a lower, longer trajectory and conduct its seventh nuclear ...
The launch was North Korea's18th round of missile tests in 2022 alone— a streak that has included the country's first demonstrations of intercontinental ballistic missiles in nearly five years — as it continues to exploit a favorable environment to push forward weapons development with the U.N...
Seoul —North Korea fired a salvo of short-range ballistic missiles early Tuesday, Seoul's military said. It was Pyongyang's second launch in days and it came just hours beforeAmericans were set to votefor a new president. The nuclear-armed North last weektest-firedwhat it said was it...