Japan launches an intelligence-gathering satellite to watch for North Korean missiles

Japan launches an intelligence-gathering satellite to watch for North Korean missiles

An H2A rocket is lifted from the launch pad at Tanegashima Space Center, in Kagoshima, southern Japan, on January 12, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP Japan launched a rocket carrying a government intelligence-gathering satellite on January 12 on a mission to watch movements at military sites in North Korea and improve responses to natural disasters. … Read more

North Korea fires cruise missiles into the sea after U.S.-South Korean military drills end

North Korea fires cruise missiles into the sea after U.S.-South Korean military drills end

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un observes what it says the test-firing of strategic cruisemissiles. | file photo | Photo Credit: AP North Korea launched several cruise missiles into the sea Saturday, South Korea’s military said, extending its weapons testing activities in response to the United States-South Korea summer military drills. South Korea’s military detected the launches … Read more