North Korea fired a submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) from off its east coast on Tuesday, South Korea’s military said, pulling Japan’s new prime minister off the campaign trail and overshadowing the opening of a major arms fair in Seoul. The launch, reported by officials
North Korea said on Monday it will restore severed inter-Korean hotlines starting Monday but urged South Korea to step up efforts to improve relations, state media KCNA reported. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un expressed his willingness last week to reactivate the
The missile North Korea fired off its east coast on Tuesday was a newly developed hypersonic missile, state news media KCNA reported on Wednesday. North Korea fired the missile towards the sea off its east coast, South Korea’s military said, as Pyongyang called on the United Statesand South Korea to scrap their
Kim Yo Jong (R) is a key policy adviser to her brother Kim Jong Un Korea Summit Press Pool Korea Summit Press Pool/AFP/File The influential sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Friday said it was “admirable” of the
North Korea carried out successful tests of a new long-range cruise missile over the weekend, state media said on Monday, seen by analysts as possibly the country’s first such weapon with a nuclear capability. The missiles are “a strategic weapon
SEOUL, Aug 11 (Reuters) – North Korea on Wednesday said South Korea and the United States missed a chance to improve relations and are risking a “serious security crisis” by choosing to escalate tensions as they conduct joint military drills.
In January 2020, North Korea closed its borders to prevent penetration of the coronavirus infection Russian Embassy in Pyongyang © Lazyhawk/CC BY-SA 3.0/Wikipedia Commons PYONGYANG, August 4. /TASS/. Russia and North Korea will make efforts for the soonest possible
The sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un warned that next month’s annual military drills between South Korean and U.S. troops will undermine prospects for better ties between the Koreas. The statement could add credence to a theory that
SEOUL, July 28 (Reuters) – North and South Korea are in talks to reopen a joint liaison office that Pyongyang blew up last year and to hold a summit as part of efforts to restore relations, three South Korean government
North and South Korea said Tuesday they had restored cross-border communications, more than a year after Pyongyang severed all official hotlines between the two rivals, who technically remain at war. The North unilaterally cut off all official military and political communication links