North Korea successfully tested a new medium-range ballistic missile last month that demonstrated several technical advances, including a domestically produced launch vehicle. The missile, known as the Pukguksong-2, is a two-stage, solid-fueled system, likely adapted from the submarine-launched ...
South Korea, on Jan. 14, 2024. North Korea fired a ballistic missile toward the sea on Sunday, its neighbors said, in its first missile launch this year, and the North is expected to further raise regional animosities in an election year for its...
North Korea says its ballistic missile launch over the weekend simulated a nuclear attack against South Korea.
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. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said i...
“a significant improvement in North Korea’s ability to target the US.” Even applying conservative assumptions about the missile’s engines, “it now appears that the Hwasong-15 can deliver a 1,000-kg payload to any point on the US mainland,” he writes at38 North. “North Korea has...
A test of North Korea's new solid-fuel engines for an intermediate ballistic missile is conducted in this picture released by the Korean Central News Agency on November 15, 2023 (photo credit: KCNA/VIA REUTERS) North and South Korea remain technically at war because the 1950-1953 Korean War...
North Korea has hit back at U.S. criticism over its test of a submarine-launched ballistic missile this week, saying it was rightfully exercising its rights for self-defense and that the weapon doesn’t specifically target the United States.
North Korea has shown off what is thought to be a new intercontinental ballistic missile during an early morning military parade, according to analysts. The event took place before dawn inthe secretive country, and was later broadcast there as well as in South Korea. ...
North Korea claims it successfully tested a new type of missile over the weekend. CBS News senior foreign correspondent Elizabeth Palmer reports from Tokyo about why many are concerned about nuclear tests down the road. Then, Vlad Duthiers and Lana Zak speak with CBS News contributor Isaac Stone...
North Korea said Friday it has test-launched a new type of cruise missile capable of striking U.S. and South Korean warships "at will," as South Korea found a suspected North Korean drone near the tense border between the rivals.