SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea on Wednesday test-fired multiple ballistic missiles toward its eastern seas, the South Korean and Japanese militaries said, adding to its military demonstrations as tensions with Washington and neighbors escalate. The launches come days aft...
A short while after the initial news broke, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff confirmed they had detected two short-range ballistic missiles fired from the Sunan area into the East Sea. People watch a television screen showing a news broadcast with file...
"We strongly condemn North Korea's missile launches that are clear acts of provocation seriously threatening peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula," the JCS said in a statement to the media. The projectiles are believed to have fallen into the sea, according to the Japan Coa...
North Korean intercontinental ballistic missile launch meant as message to 'rivals' Just days before the United States’ presidential election, North Korea conducted a new provocation by test-launching an intercontinental ballistic missile believed to be capable of reaching the U.S....
The Joint Chiefs of Staff condemned the North's launches as a provocation that poses a serious threat to peace on the Korean Peninsula. It said South Korea maintains a firm readiness to repel any provocations by North Korea in conjunction with the military alliance with the United States. ...
It denounced the launch as a provocation that poses a serious threat to peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula. The joint chiefs said the military was strengthening its surveillance and defense posture in preparation for possible additional launches. Japan’s Defense Ministry said the ...
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...
North Korea launched two short-range ballistic missiles into the East Sea (also known as Sea of Japan) on 25 July: the country's first missile test since North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and US President Donald Trump agreed to resume stalled denuclearisation talks in a meeting held at the...
North Korea commonly test-launches missiles toward the international waters between the Korean Peninsula and Japan, using elevated trajectories to avoid neighboring countries. South Korea and Japan typically don’t issue evacuation orders unless they determine the North Korean weapon is flying in their ...
TOPSHOT - A man watches a television showing a news broadcast with file footage of a North Korean missile test, at a railway station in Seoul on November 18, 2022. - A suspected intercontinental ballistic missile launched by North Korea on Friday is believed to have fa...