North Korea slammed U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s comments on Pyongyang’s relations with Moscow. File | Photo Credit: Reuters North Korea’s Foreign Ministry on Saturday slammed U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s comments on Pyongyang’s relations with Moscow, saying the remarks would “only escalate the dangerous political and military tension” on the peninsula. Mr. … Read more
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un observed the test-firing of strategic cruise missiles from a navy ship, as the U.S. and South Korean militaries kicked off major annual drills, on August 21, 2023. | Photo Credit: AP North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visited a navy unit and oversaw a strategic cruise missile test, state … Read more
Watch Alex Marquardt’s report on the sting operation on Erin Burnett OutFront on Monday, April 10, at 7 p.m. ET. CNN — A team of South Korean spies and American private investigators quietly gathered at the South Korean intelligence service in January, just days after North Korea fired three ballistic missiles into the sea. For … Read more
North Korean government says this was a test launch of a Hwasong-15 intercontinental ballistic missile at Pyongyang International Airport on February 18, 2023. North Korea said on February 19 it had test-fired an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) as a warning to Washington and Seoul, saying the successful “surprise” drill demonstrated Pyongyang’s “capacity of fatal nuclear … Read more
Seoul, South Korea CNN — North Korea said that it conducted a “test firing of a new kind” of intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) on Friday, according to the government-run KCNA news agency. Japan warned on earlier on Friday that the missile had the potential range to reach the US mainland. KCNA claimed that the “new” … Read more
State Department spokesman Ned Price said the launch, which follows a volley of missiles the day before, marked a ‘clear violation’ of UNSC resolutions that prohibit ICBM launches State Department spokesman Ned Price said the launch, which follows a volley of missiles the day before, marked a ‘clear violation’ of UNSC resolutions that prohibit ICBM … Read more
Seoul, South Korea CNN — The South Korean military said Wednesday North Korea launched the highest number of short-range missiles in a day as Seoul retaliated to Pyongyang’s latest barrage of weapons tests, further escalating tensions in the region. North Korea fired as many as 23 missiles of different types to the east and west … Read more
Seoul, South Korea CNN — As a statement of intent, it was about as blunt as they get. North Korea has developed nuclear weapons and will never give them up, its leader, Kim Jong Un, told the world last month. The move was “irreversible,” he said; the weapons represent the “dignity, body, and absolute power … Read more
By Sojin Lim When the South Korean president, Moon Jae-in, called for an end to the war on the Korea peninsula recently, the initial response was a rebuff from North Korea‘s vice foreign minister. This has been the standard response from Pyongyang whenever the idea has been raised of turning the 1953 armistice between the … Read more
North Korea has successfully tested a new hypersonic gliding missile, state media reported Wednesday, in what would be the nuclear-armed nation’s latest advance in weapons technology. Tuesday’s launch was of “great strategic significance”, the official Korean Central News Agency said, as the North seeks to increase its defence capabilities a “thousand-fold”. Hypersonic missiles move far … Read more