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North Korean test of ICBM is condemned by two-thirds of UN Security Council
1 month, 2 weeks ago

North Korean test of ICBM is condemned by two-thirds of UN Security Council

The Independent  

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North Korea’s Kim personally oversaw ICBM launch, state media says
1 year ago

North Korea’s Kim personally oversaw ICBM launch, state media says

Al Jazeera  

Launch of solid-fuel Hwasong-18 sends ‘clear signal to the hostile forces’, Korean Central News Agency says. North Korea has confirmed that it tested its most powerful solid-fuel intercontinental ballistic missile as a warning to the United States, with leader Kim Jong Un personally overseeing the launch. Kim said the launch of the Hwasong-18 on Monday sent a “clear signal to …

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‘Grave threat’: US, Japan, S Korea slam missile test by N Korea
1 year, 5 months ago

‘Grave threat’: US, Japan, S Korea slam missile test by N Korea

Al Jazeera  

US says commitment to security of South Korea and Japan is backed by ‘full range of capabilities, including nuclear’. Two days earlier, North Korea slammed a US plan to deploy nuclear submarines near the Korean Peninsula, warning that the move could “incite the worst crisis of nuclear conflict in practice”. On Thursday, North Korea’s United Nations ambassador, Kim Song, told …

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Aggressive Koreas leave peninsula tense
1 year, 11 months ago

Aggressive Koreas leave peninsula tense

The Hindu  

Published : Dec 28, 2022 11:38 IST Tensions are rising yet again in the Korean peninsula. North Korea said that its recent missile tests were in response to the “aggressive and provocative” US-led military exercises in South Korea. The latest flurry of North Korean missile tests came after the US, Japan, and South Korea announced in a joint statement their …

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North Korea performs key test to build more threatening ICBM
2 years ago

North Korea performs key test to build more threatening ICBM

Associated Press  

SEOUL, South Korea — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un supervised the test of a “high-thrust solid-fuel motor” for a new strategic weapon, state media reported Friday, a development that could allow him to possess a more mobile, harder-to-detect arsenal of intercontinental ballistic missiles that can reach the mainland U.S. Thursday’s “static firing test” of a missile engine at the …

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North Korea test-fires ICBM with range to strike entire US
2 years, 1 month ago

North Korea test-fires ICBM with range to strike entire US

Associated Press  

SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea fired an intercontinental ballistic missile that landed near Japanese waters Friday in its second major weapons test this month that showed a potential ability to launch nuclear strikes on all of the U.S. mainland. Japanese Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada said that depending on the weight of a potential warhead, the missile had a range …

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Fire power: From 1953 to 2022, North Korea's banned weapons programmes
2 years, 1 month ago

Fire power: From 1953 to 2022, North Korea's banned weapons programmes

Firstpost  

North Korea’s nuclear weapons and ballistic missile programmes have attracted international sanctions for the country Seoul: Here is a timeline of North Korea ’s banned nuclear weapons and ballistic missile programmes: Beginnings North Korea’s nuclear ambitions date back to 1953, when the Korean War ended in a stalemate. 2006-13: Nuclear tests North Korea ends the moratorium in 2005, blaming the …

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North Korea keeps up missile barrage with suspected ICBM
2 years, 1 month ago

North Korea keeps up missile barrage with suspected ICBM

The Hindu  

North Korea added its barrage of recent weapons tests on Thursday, firing at least three missiles including a suspected intercontinental ballistic missile that forced the Japanese government to issue evacuation alerts and temporarily halt trains. Japan's Defence Minister Yasukazu Hamada said one of the North Korean missiles reached a maximum altitude of 2,000 kilometres and travelled about 750 kilometres before …

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North Korea on a testing spree
2 years, 8 months ago

North Korea on a testing spree

The Hindu  

The North Korean government has been testing its medium- and long-range missiles with alarming regularity since the beginning of the year. The North Korean state news agency, KCNA, said the test was a “striking demonstration of the great military muscle” of the country. North Korean Vice Foreign Minister Choe Soon-hue stated in response that the U.S. was peddling a “lunatic …

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North Korea has 'likely more in store' after missile test, need tougher UNSC sanctions, says US
2 years, 8 months ago

North Korea has 'likely more in store' after missile test, need tougher UNSC sanctions, says US

Firstpost  

Referring to the North’s recent launches as “increasingly dangerous provocations,” the United States on Friday called for a “resolution to update and strengthen the sanctions regime” against Pyongyang at the UN Security Council. Seoul: North Korea likely has “more in store” after successfully test-firing its largest-ever intercontinental ballistic missile, a top US official said Friday, as Washington called for tougher …

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North Korea confirms ICBM test; warns of ‘long’ US confrontation
2 years, 8 months ago

North Korea confirms ICBM test; warns of ‘long’ US confrontation

Al Jazeera  

North Korea says it test-fired its biggest intercontinental ballistic missile on the orders of leader Kim Jong Un to boost its defences and prepare for a “long confrontation” with the United States, state media reported on Friday. Kim ordered the test because of the “daily-escalating military tension in and around the Korean peninsula” and the “inevitability of the long-standing confrontation …

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North Korea says it test-fired biggest ICBM, US adds sanctions
2 years, 8 months ago

North Korea says it test-fired biggest ICBM, US adds sanctions

India TV News  

Highlights North Korea test-fired its biggest-yet intercontinental ballistic missile under Kim Jong Un orders Kim vowed to expand North’s nuclear war deterrent while preparing for long-standing confrontation The launch extended a barrage of weapons demonstrations this year North Korea said on Friday it test-fired its biggest-yet intercontinental ballistic missile under the orders of leader Kim Jong Un, who vowed to …

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Seoul: North Korean missile exploded in air in failed launch
2 years, 9 months ago

Seoul: North Korean missile exploded in air in failed launch

India TV News  

Highlights North Korean missile fired from its capital region exploded in mid-air in an apparent failed launch North could soon launch its biggest long-range missile in its most significant provocation in years Details of the missile explosion weren’t immediately known A North Korean missile fired from its capital region exploded in mid-air in an apparent failed launch on Wednesday, South …

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North Korea: Will Kim Jong Un resume ICBM and nuclear tests?
3 years, 11 months ago

North Korea: Will Kim Jong Un resume ICBM and nuclear tests?

Al Jazeera  

At party Congress, Kim pledges to expand weapons programmes with the aim of ‘making a preemptive and retaliatory nuclear strike’. Kim’s weapons pledge, described by Lee Sung-yoon, professor of Korean Studies at the US-based Tufts University, as his “most detailed and provocative statement” on nuclear policy, comes just months after the North Korean military showed off a new weapon – …

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