Japan city mistakenly tweets North Korean missile launchAFP
And every launch by Pyongyang is an impetus for Japan and South Korea to improve missile defense systems. “The South Korean government will secure the lives of citizens and the national security from North Korea’s threat based on a strong joint defense system between the South Korea and the...
The 80-year-old housewife was preparing breakfast for her family in Aomori city on Oct. 4 when the alert, officially called the national early warning system, went off for the first time in five years, warning that North Korea had launched a missile toward Japan. North Korea had fired the...
North Korea fired another ballistic missile Tuesday, hours after agreeing to resume stalled nuclear talks with the U.S. South Korean officials confirm the missile was launched from the coast of Wonsan, east of the North Korean capital of Pyongyang. It fl
Mr. Trump said the United States was "100 percent with Japan" and showed a strong commitment to Tokyo's defense, Abe told reporters. Also, South Korea says its air force conducted a live-fire drill in response to the latest North Korean missile launch. ...
Japan’s defense ministry said it detected at least two launches but didn’t immediately say what types of missiles they were and how far they flew. Japan’s coast guard said the missiles were believed to have already fallen into waters between the Korean Peninsula and J...
[05:00.08]South Korean officials said that because of the North's missile launches, [05:05.16]some air paths over the sea between North Korea [05:08.68]and Japan would be closed until Thursday. [05:14.32]Cheong Seong-C...
In its statement the North accused the US of "escalating the military tensions on the Korean peninsula". On Wednesday the US, Japan and South Korea carried out further drills, which they said were a response to Tuesday's launch. The US said there was "no equivalency" between a banned mis...
TOKYO — Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Wednesday strongly condemned North Korea’s latest launch of ballistic missiles and said it was a violation of United N…
Residents in Japan were warned to take cover, and an alert was issued to those living in the northeast to evacuate nearby buildings as North Korean missile flew over the country before landing in the Pacific Ocean.