SEOUL (AP):North Korea fired a ballistic missile from its capital Pyongyang that flew over Japan before plunging into the northern Pacific Ocean, officials said today, an aggressive test-flight over the territory of a close US ally that sends a clear message of defiance as Washington and Seoul...
UNITED NATIONS-- The U.N. Security Council strongly condemned North Korea's launch of a ballistic missile over Japan on Tuesday, reiterating demands that Pyongyang halt its ballistic missile and nuclear weapons programs. After an emergency meeting on the missile test, the U.N.'s most powerful...
South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said the missile flew about 620 miles before landing in the waters between the Korean Peninsula and Japan. The North's existing intermediate-range ballistic missiles or IRBMs, including the Hwasong-12 that may be able to reach the U...
Cameron W. Barr, writer of The Christian Science Monitor
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea test-fired an intercontinental ballistic missile for the first time in almost a year Thursday, demonstrating a potential advancement in its ability to launch long-range nuclear attacks on the mainland U.S.
TOKYO and SEOUL -- North Korea launched a suspected ballistic missile on Sunday afternoon, Japan and South Korea said. The launch appeared to have been a shorter-range ballistic missile than those recently tested based on its flight time, Japan's Defense Ministry said. ...
The statement also says that the missile crashed into the Sea of Japan after having flown about 1000km in the air. Gold prices were steady this morning following the test, with spot gold little changed at USD1,294.12 per ounce at 1:13 am GMT....
SEOUL--North Korea announced Wednesday that it had tested a newly developed missile designed to be launched from a submarine, the first such weapons test in two years and one it says will bolster its military’s underwater operational capability.
A North Korean ballistic missile test likely ended in failure, said South Korea, days after the North protested the U.S.'s deployment of an aircraft carrier.
The U.S. and South Korea are responding after North Korea launched a missile that flew over northern Japan. Lucy Craft joins "CBS News Mornings" from Tokyo with details.