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...
Seoul, South Korea—North Koreaon Tuesday fired a ballistic missile over Japan for the first time in five years, forcing Japan to issue evacuation notices and suspend trains during the flight of the nuclear-capable weapon that could reach the U.S. territory of Guam, and possibly...
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.S. military hub...
Cameron W. Barr, writer of The Christian Science Monitor
between Japan and North Korea. Thurday 6 October, North Korea fired two missiles as a “countermeasure” to a collaborative SouthKorean-American military exercise. The exercise was initiated as a “counteraction” to North Korea firing a ballistic missile over Japanese territory on Tuesday 4 ...
A North Korean ballistic missile test Wednesday likely ended in failure, South Korea's military said, days after the North protested the recent regional deployment ofa U.S. aircraft carrierfor a trilateral military drill with South Korea and Japan. ...
(Reuters) - North Korea launched two ballistic missiles into the sea near Japan on Thursday ramping up tension ahead of the Tokyo Olympics and putting pressure on the new Biden administration in Washington.. Following are key moments in North Korea's missile tests and its foreign relation...
Japan briefly urged residents on a northern island to take shelter in an indication of its vigilance over North Korea's evolving missile threats. The missile was launched on a high angle from near the North Korean capital of Pyongyang and fell in the waters between the Korean Peninsula and Jap...
North Korea's Hwasong-12 nuclear-capable ground-to-ground missile has a maximum range of about 2,800 miles, which puts the large U.S. military bases in both Okinawa, Japan, and the U.S. territory of Guam within range.CBS As CBS News Asia correspondent Elizabeth Palmer reported, however...
The missile was launched on a lofted trajectory from Pyongyang just after 7am and landed in waters about 200km west of the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido, Japan’s defence ministry reported. South Korea’s defence intelligence agency had briefed lawmakers on Wednesday that North Korea was ...