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North Korea also warned on Thursday that deployment of US aircraft carriers, bombers or missile submarines in South Korea could meet the criteria for its use of nuclear weapons

North Korea Fires 2 Short-range Ballistic Missiles, Japan Lodges Protest

In the wake of the North Korean ballistic missiles, which fell in Japan's Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida raised an emergency alert, urging all possible measures to provide the public with speedy and adequate information

North Korea Tests First Spy Satellite: Kim Jong-un

Kim underlined the importance of acquiring a space-based monitoring system during his visit to the North's aerospace agency on Tuesday, according to the Korean Central News Agency

Kim Urges North Korean Experts To Produce "Powerful Nuclear Weapons"

North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un has called on his country's scientists to expand production of "weapon-grade nuclear materials" and build more powerful weapons, state media reported

North Korea Fires Ballistic Missile Ahead Of South Korea-Japan Summit

The North Korean ICBM flew towards the Korean Peninsula's eastern waters after being launched from Pyongyang at a steep angle and flew approximately 1,000 kilometres (620 miles) before landing in the waters between the Korean Peninsula and Japan, according to South Korea's military

North Korea Launches Two Missiles Into Sea As Allies Conduct Drills

The missiles were launched from the southwestern coastal town of Jangyon and flew across North Korea before landing in the sea off the country's east coast, according to a statement from South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff

US Raises Concern Over North Korea's 7th Nuclear Test

In a media briefing, the US State Department, spokesperson Ned Price said, "DPRK has finalised all of the steps it would need to take to conduct what would be its 7th nuclear test and it would be a dangerous provocation that would itself constitute a significant threat to peace and security in the region"

Seoul's Mayor Calls For South Korean Nuclear Weapons To Counter North Korean Threat

Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon, in an exclusive interview with Reuters, added new fuel to a growing debate over how South Korea should arm itself as the North races to perfect its ability to strike the South with tactical nuclear weapons

US, South Korea Begin Largest Joint Military Drills In Five Years

The US-South Korean exercises, dubbed Freedom Shield, are set to begin on Monday and will focus on the “changing security environment” caused by North Korea's redoubled aggression, according to the allies

Seoul's Military Announce North Korea’s Fires Missile Ahead Of South Korea-US Military Exercise

According to reports hours after the leader, Kim Jong Un was on the ground to witness "a powerful volley" organised by an artillery unit, an attempt ready to respond to the actual war

North Korea Developing Solid-fuel ICBMs: South Korea

As per the NHK World news, South Korea's National Intelligence Service under the defence, according to an attendee, South Korea's National Intelligence Service under the defence ministry made a comment at a closed-door briefing to the parliamentary intelligence committee on Wednesda

US Urges UN To Condemn North Korea After Firing Missiles

According to Thomas-Greenfield, the United States strongly condemns North Korea's launch of two short-range ballistic missiles on Monday, following the launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile on Saturday, as flagrant violations of the UN Security Council's ban on the country's ballistic missile launches

North Korea Threatens To Turn Pacific Into “Firing Range” After Latest Missile Test

North Korea's state media confirmed the launch of two projectiles from a multiple rocket launcher, aimed at targets 395 kilometres (245 miles) and 337 kilometres (209 miles) away, respectively

North Korea Fires Second Missile In Three Days Including ICBM