There are increasing signs that North Korea could soon test a nuclear weapon for the first time since 2017 in a bid to improve its arsenal and increase political pressure, U.S. and South Korean …
U.S., S.Korea seen resuming major military drills as N.Korea tensions rise
Joint South Korean and U.S. military drills set to kick off next month could for the first time in years include more weaponry and troops, and more aggressive messaging as tensions with North Korea …
Kim Jong-un says North Korea will develop more powerful weapons that ‘cannot be stopped’
North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-un has vowed to develop “more powerful” weapons, days after he oversaw the country’s biggest intercontinental missile launch. “Only when one is equipped with the …
S.Korea says N.Korea staged ‘largest ICBM’ fakery to recover from failed test
South Korea’s military has said North Korea’s largest missile test yet used an older, smaller intercontinental ballistic missile, and not the massive new Hwasong-17 ICBM, in part to try to head off …
S.Korea says N.Korea staged ‘largest ICBM’ fakery to recover from failed test
South Korea’s military has said North Korea’s largest missile test yet used an older, smaller intercontinental ballistic missile, and not the massive new Hwasong-17 ICBM, in part to try to head off …
New activity suggests North Korea nuclear test likely in ‘near future,’ report says
New images show increasing activity at North Korea’s Punggye-ri nuclear test site, according to a research report — signaling that Pyongyang is preparing to detonate its first nuclear weapon in five …
Seoul: N. Korea fired old ICBM, not new big one, last week
South Korea has dismissed North Korea’s claim to have launched a newly developed intercontinental ballistic missile last week …
Analysts investigate possibility of N.Korea missile test ‘deception’
Reports suggest North Korea’s biggest missile test ever may not have been what it seemed, raising new questions over the secretive country’s banned weapons programme. North Korea said it had …
OPINION – Ostracised, angry and going backwards, Russia is the new North Korea
Sanctions don’t always have the intended consequences. Take North Korea. Its disconnections with the rest of humanity have left most of its citizens in grinding poverty. Latest estimates suggest that …
Beatings and forced abortions: Life in a North Korea prison
She was trying to escape North Korea in 2007 and was caught in China and sent back. Reality Check: North Korea’s secretive prison system How harsh is prison in North Korea? North Korea’s sidelined …