NorthKorea

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  N. Korea to launch first military spy satellite in June to monitor US military activities in real-time SEOUL -- North Korea will launch its first military spy satellite in June to monitor military activities of the United States and its allies in real-time, Pyongyang's state-operated news agency reported on May 30. Through a statement released by the Korea Central News Agency (KCNA), Ri Pyong-chol, vice-chairman of the Central Military Commission of the Workers' Party, said that a military reconnaissance satellite would be launched in June to monitor military acts of the U.S 2023-05-30
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  N. Korea fires ballistic missile into East Sea SEOUL -- Without verifying the missile type, the South Korean military authorities reported that North Korea has fired a ballistic missile into the East Sea. The unspecified missiles were launched by Pyongyang, 17 days after firing two short-range ballistic missiles on March 27. This is the ninth missile launch committed by Pyeongyang only in 2023. The missile detected by the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) was fired near Pyongyang at 7:23 a.m. on April 13. The ballistic missile fell i 2023-04-13
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  Pyongyang conducts another test for underwater nuclear attack drone "Haeil-1" SEOUL -- Pyongyang has conducted another test for its "secret weapon" called "Haeil-1," following a drill guided by the North Korean leader Kim Jong-un from March 21 to 23. According to Pyongyang's state media agency, the nuclear underwater drone is capable of carrying a nuclear warhead to detonate near a fleet of warships or naval ports to create a radioactive tidal wave. North Korea's state-operated Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said through a st 2023-03-28
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  N. Korea fires two short-range ballistic missiles amid U.S.-S Korea landing exercise SEOUL -- North Korea has fired two short-range ballistic missiles into the East Sea while South Korea is conducting a joint military exercise with the United States. This is the eighth missile launch committed by Pyeongyang only in 2023. The missiles detected by the South's military authorities were fired near Junghwa County, some 60 kilometers (37 miles) south of Pyongyang. The Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said the two short-range ballistic missiles (SRBMs) flew about 370 kilom 2023-03-27
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  N. Korea's leader guides simulated nuclear counterattack using underwater 'secret weapon' SEOUL -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-un attended a simulated nuclear counterattack drill involving Pyongyang's "secret weapon", North Korea's state-operated Korean Central News Agency said on March 24. According to Pyongyang's state news agency, a new underwater attack weapon system test was conducted at Riwon County some 345 kilometers (214 miles) northeast of Seoul from March 21 to 23. A secret weapon named "Unmanned Underwater Nuclear Attack Craft  2023-03-24
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  N. Korea fires short-range ballistic missile prior to U.S.-S. Korea drills SEOUL -- North Korea launched a short-range ballistic missile ahead of the joint military drills by the United States and South Korea, set to begin on March 13 for 11 days. The missile was fired at 6:20 p.m. (0920 GMT) on March 9, near Nampo, located some 50 kilometers (31 miles) southwest of Pyongyang. The South Korean military is investigating the possibility that multiple short-range ballistic missiles were fired simultaneously. The South's Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said th 2023-03-10
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  New missile test demonstrates considerable progress in Pyongyang's ICBM capabilities SEOUL -- With its new test launch that delivered more significant political messages than ever to Washington and its allies, North Korea appeared to have achieved considerable progress in its defiant push for the development of intercontinental ballistic missiles capable of attacking any targets in the United States with a large payload. An intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), launched from a military base near Pyongyang at 10:15 a.m. (0115 GMT) on November 18, flew to an alti 2022-11-18
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  Two Koreas locked in unprecedented exchange of intimidating missile shots SEOUL -- An unprecedented exchange of intimidating missile shots into imaginary targets near territorial waters ratcheted up cross-border tensions on the Korean peninsula, with both sides flexing their muscle with pledges of strong retaliatory action that could lead to a limited conflict at any time like North Korea's artillery attack on South Korea's front-line island in 2020. South Korean fighter jets fired three air-to-surface missiles into high seas north of the eastern 2022-11-02
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  [FOCUS] Pyonyang's missile launch re-ignites debate over S. Korea's nuclear armament SEOUL -- Under a mutual defense pact, the United States has closely monitored South Korean defense programs, especially in the fields of strategic weapons such as missiles and nuclear arsenal. Seoul took off fetters that have restricted missile development in 2021, but Washington maintains a stubborn nuclear policy, refusing to revise a 2015 accord that has effectively restricted the development of reprocessing facilities to acquire enriched uranium as fuel. South Korea has been on 2022-10-07
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  [FOCUS] Technological advancement accelerates inter-Korean missile race SEOUL -- In a show of fast technological advancement in strategic weapons that are certain to pose a clear threat to neighboring countries, the two Koreas, which are still technically at war across the world's last Cold War frontier, have revealed the test firing of new missile systems one after another at a time when a confrontation between their superpower allies, China and the United States, becomes conspicuous. Seoul broke its strategic silence with a rare release of video 2021-09-17