The article discusses the May 25, 2009 nuclear-weapons test in Pyongyang, North Korea. U.S. President Barack Obama believes that the testing will isolate North Korea from the international community. Japan and South Korea called for an emergency meeting of the United Nations' Security Council ...
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 ...
Since 2022, North Korea has ramped up its weapons testing activities to expand and modernize its arsenal of nuclear missilestargeting the U.S. and South Korea. The allies have expanded their combined military exercises and are updating their nuclear deterrence strategies based o...
North Korea said Monday it has performed its first-ever nuclear weapons test, which would confirm that the country has a working atomic bomb as it has long claimed. & nbsp; File IKONOS satellite image of the Yongbyon nuclear facility, located about 100 kms (62 miles) north of Pyongyang, ta...
The test, the 13th round of weapons launches by Pyongyang this year, came amid concerns that North Korea may soon conduct a larger provocation like a nuclear test in an effort to expand the country’s weapons arsenal and increase pressure on Washington and Seoul amid stalled diplomacy. ...
North Korea fired an intercontinental ballistic missile that landed near Japanese waters Friday in its second major weapons test this month that showed a potential ability to launch nuclear strikes on all of the U.S. mainland. While it’s unclear whether North Korea possesses functioning nuclear-ar...
Since 2022, North Korea has ramped up its weapons testing activities to expand and modernize its arsenal of nuclear missiles targeting the U.S. and South Korea. The allies have expanded their combined military exercises and are updating their nuclear deterrence strategies based on U.S. assets to...
Read on for a brief look at how North Korea’s nuclear weapons program has grown throughout the regimes in the past century. Kim Il Sung, leader from 1948-1994 Kim Il Sung did not live long enough to see his country's first successful nuclear weapons test. In this photo, members of...
North Korea fired a newly developed anti-aircraft missile on Thursday, state media KCNA reported on Friday, the latest in its recent series of weapons tests amid deadlocked denuclearisation talks with the United States. The test conducted by the Academy of Defence Science, a military weapons ...
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. a...