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North Korea fires multiple short-range missiles ahead of APEC summit
Updated : 7 months ago IST
North Korea fired multiple short-range ballistic missiles, its first in months, ahead of the APEC summit in South Korea. South Korea's military said the missiles flew about 350 km and fell inland. Pyongyang continues to develop weapons, with Kim Jong Un open to talks but refusing to give up
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North Korea displays new hypersonic, nuclear missiles at military parade o
Updated : 7 months, 2 weeks ago IST
The parade took place in Kim Il Sung Square and showcased two major weapons the Hwasong-11Ma hypersonic missile and the Hwasong-20 intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), which North Korean state media described as the country's "most powerful nuclear weapons."
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China Premier to attend N Korea's ruling party's 80th anniv; Vietnam, Laos
Updated : 7 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Vietnam's top leader, To Lam, will also pay a State visit to North Korea at the invitation of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un to attend the celebrations. Laos' President Thongloun Sisoulith and Chairman of United Russia Party, Dmitry Medvedev has also been invited for the event.
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North Korea launches short-range ballistic missiles ahead of US elections
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
The launch of the North Korean missiles took place just hours before America head to the polls to vote between Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris and her Republican rival Donald Trump.
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US, Japan, S Korea hold air drills after North Korea's ballistic missile l
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
The trilateral exercise was held on Sunday in airspace north of South Korea's southern island of Jeju, the military said as per Yonhap news outlet. The three nations conducted similar drills earlier too this year.
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North Korea confirms it test fired new hypersonic missile
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attended the test launch of the solid fuel-powered Hwasong-16 missile in a Pyongyang suburb. He claimed all missiles his country has developed are now based on solid fuel technology and are capable of carrying nuclear warheads.
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N Korea launched ballistic missile towards East Sea, says South Korea mili
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
In its first missile launch of the year, North Korea fired an unidentified ballistic missile towards the East Sea on Sunday, according to the South Korean military, Yonhap News Agency reported.
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North Korea’s Kim Jong Un dismisses top general, calls for more arms produ
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un has replaced a senior general in the North Korean military, and has further asked for intensified military training, weapon manufacture, and war preparations, Al Jazeera reported citing the country’s state media KCNA on Thursday.
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North Korea: Latest photos show Kim Jong Un touring arms factories
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
The images, which were issued by the North Korean state news agency KCNA on Saturday, showed Kim viewing a production facility for a "large-caliber artillery complex" and providing "on site guidance" to employees at a facility producing "strategic cruise missiles and unmanned attack aircraft
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N Korea’s Kim showcases nuclear-capable missiles in apparent show of unity
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
North Korea held a huge military parade to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the armistice that ended the Korean War, said its state media, displaying the country’s latest intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) and drones as a display of its military strength
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North Korea says it tested new solid-fuel "Hwasong-18" ICBM
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
North Korea's leader, Kim Jong-un, said Friday that the recent launch of its new solid-fuel "Hwasong-18" intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) considerably strengthened the country's nuclear counterattack stance, Yonhap News Agency said Friday quoting North Korean state media.
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Launched ICBM to give "stronger warning" to US, SKorea over drills: North
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
In KCNA, North Korea said, "Under the grave situation in which the most unstable security environment is being created in the Korean peninsula due to the frantic, provocative and aggressive large-scale war drills conducted by the US and the south Korean puppet traitors against the DPRK, t
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