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North Korea fires two ballistic missiles: Seoul's military

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Dec 18 02:56 PM

(UPDATE) North Korea fired two ballistic missiles Sunday, Seoul's military said, days after Pyongyang announced a successful test of a solid-fuel motor for a new weapons system. Read more »

Kim vows North Korea to have world's most powerful nuclear force

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 27 11:53 AM

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said his country aimed to have the world's most powerful nuclear force, state media reported Sunday. Read more »

North Korea ICBM launch appears to have failed — Seoul

Cat Barton and Claire Lee, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 04 01:47 AM

The United States slammed the ICBM launch, while the G7 club of rich nations said it condemned the flurry of missiles 'in the strongest terms'. Read more »

US tests ICBM after Ukraine, China-linked delays

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 17 01:33 AM

The missile carried a test re-entry vehicle, which in a strategic conflict could be armed with a nuclear warhead. Read more »

North Korea fires submarine-launched ballistic missile

Kyodo News
Posted at May 07 05:15 PM

North Korea on Saturday fired what is presumed to be a short-range, submarine-launched ballistic missile into the sea off its eastern coast, South Korea's military said, three days before President-elect Yoon Suk Yeol's inauguration. Read more »

South says North Korea faked 'monster' missile launch

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 30 03:58 PM

North Korea faked the launch of what analysts have dubbed its 'monster missile' last week, Seoul's military said. Read more »

Kim says N.Korea will keep developing 'formidable striking capabilities' - KCNA

Josh Smith, Reuters
Posted at Mar 28 08:05 AM

North Korea will continue to develop "formidable striking capabilities" that cannot be bartered or sold for anything, leader Kim Jong Un said, according to state media on Monday. Read more »

North Korea: Kim ordered test of new ICBM

Cat Barton and Claire Lee, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 25 07:01 PM

Kim Jong Un personally oversaw the test-firing of North Korea's largest-ever intercontinental ballistic missile, ensuring his country is ready for "long-standing confrontation" with the United States, state media reported Friday. Read more »

US announces new sanctions after North Korea ICBM test

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 25 01:09 PM

The US imposed new sanctions on entities and people in Russia and North Korea after Pyongyang's latest ICBM missile test. Read more »

Suspected North Korean ICBM lands in Japan's EEZ

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 24 05:05 PM

A suspected North Korean intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) fired on Thursday afternoon landed within Japan's exclusive economic zone, west of the country's north coast, the government said. Read more »

US says N. Korea testing new ICBM system

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 11 06:15 AM

Two recent missile tests conducted by North Korea were of a new intercontinental ballistic missile system, marking a serious escalation by Pyongyang. Read more »

N. Korea starts New Year with apparent ballistic missile launch

Hyonhee Shin and Chang-Ran Kim, Reuters
Updated as of Jan 05 11:37 AM

North Korea fired a suspected ballistic missile off its east coast on Wednesday, authorities in the region reported. Read more »

US general says N. Korea might flight test new ICBM design 'in the near future'

Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali, Reuters
Posted at Mar 17 06:16 PM

The warning by Air Force General Glen VanHerck appeared based on North Korea's October unveiling at a parade of what would be its largest ICBM yet, and not specific intelligence about an imminent launch.   Read more »

China is building more underground silos for its ballistic missiles

Minnie Chan, South China Morning Post
Posted at Mar 17 01:37 PM

Satellite images show at least 16 of the launch facilities being constructed in a PLA training area in Inner Mongolia, according to a US think tank report. It says they are designed to accommodate the country’s most powerful ICBMs, as it seeks to boost nuclear deterrence. Read more »

N.Korea's nuclear, missile programs 'serious threat' to security: Pentagon chief

Reuters
Posted at Oct 15 05:47 AM

WASHINGTON - US Defense Secretary Mark Esper on Wednesday said North Korea's nuclear and missile programs pose a global threat, after Pyongyang's unveiling of previously unseen intercontinental ballistic missiles at a predawn military parade. Read more »