South Korean Navy says latest exercise is aimed at mastering the allies’ response to a North Korean ballistic missile launch. Japan, South Korea and the United States have held a joint naval missile defence exercise to counter North Korea’s “nuclear and missile threats”, days after Pyongyang launched an intercontinental ballistic missile. The drill on Sunday was conducted in international waters …
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea said Friday it fired an intercontinental ballistic missile to “strike fear into the enemies” as South Korea and Japan agreed at a summit to work closely on regional security with the United States and staged military exercises around the region. North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency said Kim supervised the test-firing of the …
North Korea said March 17 that its latest intercontinental ballistic missile launch was intended to send a “stronger warning” over combined U.S. military exercises with South Korea, blaming those for creating a “most unstable security environment” in the region. Thursday’s launch from North Korea’s capital area came hours before South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol traveled to Tokyo for a …
North Korea's Thursday missile launch was a drill to demonstrate a tough response posture to the ongoing US-South Korea military drills. According to the state media reports, North Korea said the launch was its largest Hwasong-17 intercontinental ballistic missile fired during the drill. North Korea fired the ICBM into the sea between the Korean peninsula and Japan on Thursday, hours …
