North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has approved the plan to launch the country's first military spy satellite and vowed to exercise just right to self-defense to defend his country, the state-run media said on Wednesday. Kim on Tuesday met with the non-permanent Satellite Launch Preparatory Committee for launching the military first reconnaissance satellite and inspected … Continue reading North Korean leader approves launch of first spy military satellite
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DPRK fires ballistic missile after unprecedented year of tests
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un watching a previous missile launch. (AFP via Getty Images)Friday, 30 December 2022 06:35 PM EST North Korea fired a ballistic missile toward the sea east to the Korean Peninsula, Yonhap news agency reported on Saturday, citing South Korean military. Japan's coast guard also said North Korea fired what could … Continue reading DPRK fires ballistic missile after unprecedented year of tests
North Korea’s missile launch condemned as ‘serious provocation’
North Korean nuclear warhead Another ballistic missile launch by North Korea has been condemned as "serious provocation that harms peace". The South Korean military said a pair of short-range ballistic missiles were detected overnight on Saturday, flying towards its eastern waters - the latest in the country's barrage of weapons tests in recent days. The … Continue reading North Korea’s missile launch condemned as ‘serious provocation’
South Korea prepares to counter North Korea’s growing nuclear and missile threats
South Korean president Yoon Suk-yeol has ordered an update to the military's operational plans, aimed at countering North Korea's growing nuclear and missile threats. Yoon said he wanted updated plans this week while visiting a military bunker that would serve as a command post in the event of a war. The announcement coincided with the … Continue reading South Korea prepares to counter North Korea’s growing nuclear and missile threats
DPRK launches 2 cruise missiles toward western waters
North Korean nuclear warhead The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) fired two cruise missiles toward the western waters, Yonhap news agency reported, citing a military official in Seoul. The military authorities of the Republic of Korea and the United States were reportedly assessing the details of the missiles. It was the second DPRK launch … Continue reading DPRK launches 2 cruise missiles toward western waters
North Korea proves it can strike US with ICBM
North Korea has announced that it tested a new type of intercontinental ballistic missile, marking an end to a self-imposed moratorium on long-range testing in place since 2017 and attracting international condemnation. North Korean state media said leader Kim Jong Un directly guided the test of the Hwasong-17, a "new type" of intercontinental ballistic missile … Continue reading North Korea proves it can strike US with ICBM
UN orders North Korea to shut down political prison camps
Tomas Ojea Quintana, U.N. special rapporteur for human rights in North Korea, has asked the communist country to release those Koreans believed to be languishing in political prison camps. "I have heard accounts that...the system, the political regime in North Korea, would not survive without the existence of political prison camps," Ojea Quintana told a … Continue reading UN orders North Korea to shut down political prison camps
North Korea: What you should know about the Supreme Leader’s sister, Kim Yo-jong
When the South Korean president, Moon Jae-in, called for an end to the war on the Korean 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 two warring Koreas into an actual peace … Continue reading North Korea: What you should know about the Supreme Leader’s sister, Kim Yo-jong
North Korea laughing at the United States
North Korea has taken note of the George Floyd protests, and it's not exactly sending a note of support. "Demonstrators enraged by the extreme racists throng even to the White House," says a statement in one of the main state-run newspapers. "This is the reality in the US today." The context: The North says the … Continue reading North Korea laughing at the United States
REVEALED: Possible reason Kim Jong Un vanished from public eye
No one knows for sure if Kim Jong Un is dead or alive, or if someone else has already wrested power from him, but satellite images taken by a website that monitors North Korea offer new hints as to the whereabouts of the nation's leader. According to a report from NK Pro, luxury boats often used by … Continue reading REVEALED: Possible reason Kim Jong Un vanished from public eye
Kim Jong Un likely sick and unfit to rule North Korea
With North Korea saying nothing so far about outside media reports that leader Kim Jong Un may be unwell, there’s renewed worry about who’s next in line to run a nuclear-armed country that’s been ruled by the same family for seven decades. Questions about Kim’s health flared after he skipped an April 15 commemoration of … Continue reading Kim Jong Un likely sick and unfit to rule North Korea
Kim vows to defend North Korea with ‘flesh and blood’
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un called for his military and diplomats to prepare unspecified “offensive measures” to protect the country’s security and sovereignty, the North’s state media said on Monday, before his end-of-year deadline for the Trump administration to make major concessions to salvage a fragile nuclear diplomacy. Kim during a ruling Workers’ Party … Continue reading Kim vows to defend North Korea with ‘flesh and blood’
Asian Tigers meet as North Korean nuclear threat looms
Leaders from China, Japan and South Korea were meeting Tuesday against the backdrop of increasing threats from North Korea's nuclear and missile programs. The trilateral meeting in the southwestern Chinese city of Chengdu comes amid demands by Pyongyang for sanctions relief by the end of the year and threats that it may take unspecified actions … Continue reading Asian Tigers meet as North Korean nuclear threat looms
The world awaits ‘Christmas gift’ from DPRK leader Kim Jong Un
An ominous threat from North Korea about a "Christmas gift" will keep the world on edge through New Year's Day — and beyond, The Hill reported Thursday. With no delivery of a missile from the increasingly nuclear-armed nation, anxiety has only ramped up for what, where and when North Korea might make good on its warning. No nation … Continue reading The world awaits ‘Christmas gift’ from DPRK leader Kim Jong Un
North Korea gives condition for more nuclear talks with the US
North Korea said Thursday it has “no interest” in dialogue unless Washington stops “escalating hostile military moves”, as a senior US envoy visited Seoul with an eye on reviving nuclear talks with Pyongyang. Talks between Pyongyang and Washington have stalled since a second summit between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong … Continue reading North Korea gives condition for more nuclear talks with the US
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