SEOUL—Nuclear-armed North Korea test-fired two strategic cruise missiles from a submarine on Sunday, state news agency KCNA said on Monday, just as U.S.–South Korea military drills were due to begin. “Strategic” is typically used to describe weapons that have a nuclear capability. KCNA said the launch confirmed the reliability of the system and tested the […]
SEOUL—North Korea fired three ballistic missiles towards the sea off its east coast on Thursday, South Korea and Japan said, in the latest tests aimed at advancing its weapons program, even as it first reported a COVID-19 outbreak. Three short-range ballistic missiles were fired at around 18:30 (0930 GMT) from the Sunan area of North […]
North Korea launched two ballistic missiles into waters off its eastern coast on Wednesday, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) has confirmed. JCS said the missiles were launched from central North Korea and that South Korea, along with U.S. intelligence authorities, is currently analyzing more details about the launches. Japan’s coast guard said it believes the two […]
In the past week, North Korea has been using missiles to test the Biden administration and denounced Washington for going forward with joint military exercises with South Korea. The U.S. Army Chief said Thursday that he saw such exercises as an issue of balance.
In the South China Sea, the Chinese military sent a threat to the United States by firing four medium-range ballistic missiles into the water. This happened as the Trump administration passed sanctions on 24 Chinese companies for their role in helping the regime build militarized artificial islands in the region. US commander of the Navy […]
North Korea confirmed on Oct. 3 it has carried out its first underwater-launched ballistic missile test in three years, in an apparent bid to dial up pressure on the United States ahead of a weekend resumption of their nuclear diplomacy.
North Korea’s launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) has the leaders of Japan and the United States to discuss options to deal with the rogue state. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who has made it his mission to revise Japan’s pacifist constitution, told Japanese media that he and President Donald Trump “had a rather […]
China warned the U.S. and South Korea on Tuesday (March 7) after the United States started to deploy the first elements of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) in South Korea. The deployment came as North Korean state media said leader Kim Jong Un had personally supervised missile launches on Monday (March 6) by […]
The United States has started to deploy the first elements of its advanced Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) anti-missile system to South Korea following North Korea’s test of four ballistic missiles, U.S. Pacific Command said on Tuesday (March 7). Video provided by the U.S. Air Force showed THAAD parts arriving at the Osan Air […]
U.S. President Donald Trump told Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe that the United States was with Japan “100 percent” in phone talks they held to discuss North Korea’s latest missile launches, Abe told reporters in Tokyo on Tuesday (March 7). After a 25-minute phone meeting, Abe told reporters that the two leaders agreed that North […]
The United Nations on Monday (March 6) condemned North Korea’s firing of four ballistic missiles into the sea off northwest Japan, saying such provocations were deplorable. “We deplore the continued violation of Security Council resolutions by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, including the most recent launches of ballistic missiles. The DPRK leadership should […]
South Korea’s acting president Hwang Kyo-ahn on Monday (March 6) presided at a National Security Council (NSC) meeting and condemned the North’s ballistic missiles launches. North Korea fired four ballistic missiles early on Monday, three of which Japan said landed in its exclusive economic zone, in an apparent retaliation over recent U.S.-South Korean military drills. […]
