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North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and his wife Ri Sol-ju cover their ears while watching a recent missile launch in this photo released by the state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on Monday. [YONHAP]

North nukes shift from strategic to tactical

North Korea appears to be making good on leader Kim Jong-un's vow to equip frontline units with tactical nuclear weapons and realize its objective of being able to carry out preemptive nuclear attacks should the regime's survival come under threat.

2022.10.11

Defense Minister Lee Jong-sup, third from left, tours the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan in Busan on Saturday. The Reagan arrived in Busan on Friday. [NEWS1]

North's Sunday morning missile comes before joint South-U.S. naval exercises

North Korea fired a short-range ballistic missile into waters east of the Korean Peninsula on Sunday morning, South Korean military authorities reported.

2022.9.25

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A photograph of the Jan. 14 missile launch from a train in Uiju, North Pyongan Province, that was released by the North Korean state-run Korean Central News Agency. [YONHAP]

North Korea fires short-range ballistic missile toward East Sea Sunday morning

North Korea fired a short-range ballistic missile on Sunday morning, South Korean military authorities reported.

2022.9.25

Passengers at Seoul Station watch a news broadcast about North Korea's Wednesday morning test of two cruise missiles. [YONHAP]

North responds to Yoon Suk-yeol's olive branch with cruise missiles

North Korea fired two cruise missiles from its western coast on Wednesday morning, breaking a two-month pause in missile tests.

2022.8.17

The South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff said Wednesday that the South Korean military conducted joint missile drills with U.S. forces after North Korea launched three ballistic missiles earlier that day. [USFK]

North tested nuke trigger, says presidential office

North Korea tested a triggering device in preparation for a nuclear test, a presidential official said Wednesday, as the United Nations Security Council is set to meet Thursday in New York to vote on U.S.-led fresh sanctions on the country.

2022.5.26

The South Korean Air Force conducted an 'elephant walk' of 30 F-15 fighter jets taxiing in tight formation on Tuesday, according to the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) on Wednesday. The exercise was meant to 'send a message that our fighter jets are always ready to defend our skies.' [JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF]

North Korea fires three missiles, possibly an ICBM

North Korea fired three ballistic missiles into the eastern waters off the Korean Peninsula on Wednesday, a day after U.S. President Joe Biden wrapped up his Asia visit.

2022.5.25

Photos of a Hwasong-12 intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM) test in February released by its official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA). [YONHAP]

North Korea fires three ballistic missiles following Biden’s departure from the region

North Korea fired three ballistic missiles on Wednesday, a day after U.S. President Joe Biden wrapped up his visit to South Korea and Japan.

2022.5.25

A U-2S spy plane from the U.S. Air Force returns to Osan Air Base in Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi, on Wednesday upon completing a reconnaissance mission following North Korea’s launch of a ballistic missile earlier in the day. [YONHAP]

Silence from Pyongyang on Wednesday's missile launch

Local experts surmised the test might have fell short of the North’s expectations, or that Pyongyang is planning another test and wants to brag about the launches together.

2022.5.5

A ballistic missile is fired from a train-borne missile regiment in an undisclosed location in North Korea on Wednesday. [NEWS1]

North blasts South for calling tests 'provocations' ― but look at that train

The North's official news agency on Thursday revealed that its latest ballistic missiles were fired from a train-borne launcher, following Pyongyang's criticism of Seoul late Wednesday for labeling the missile tests as provocations.

2021.9.16