World Feb 02 North Korea tests more missiles as Kim calls for war readiness North Korea on Friday extended a provocative series of weapons tests by firing cruise missiles into the sea, as leader Kim Jong Un called for his military to step up war preparations and toured a shipyard.
World Jan 24 North Korea says it tested a new cruise missile in the latest example of its expanding capabilities The test was reported in state media Thursday a day after South Korea's military said it detected the North firing cruise missiles into waters off its western coast.
World Jan 21 North Korea says Putin could soon visit, signaling alignment with Russia against U.S. North Korea said Sunday that Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed his willingness to visit the North at an unspecified “early date” as the countries continue to align in the face of their separate, intensifying confrontations with the United States.
World Jan 16 North Korea will no longer pursue reconciliation with South, Kim Jong Un says The historic step discards a decades-long pursuit of peaceful unification based in a sense of national homogeneity shared by the Koreas. Tensions have risen as the pace of Kim's weapons development and the South's military exercises with the United States…
World Nov 13 U.S. and South Korea update deterrence plans over North Korean nuclear threat Monday's move followed high-level military talks in Seoul, where the allies also discussed enhancing three-way defense exercises with Japan and improve information-sharing on North Korean missile launches.
World Sep 27 U.S. officials say Travis King, soldier who crossed into North Korea, is in American custody The announcement of Pvt. Travis King's release came relatively quickly and surprised some observers who had expected the North to drag out his detention in the hopes of squeezing concessions from Washington.
World Sep 17 Kim Jong Un returns to North Korea after visit to Russia that set off arms deal concerns North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is on his way home Sunday from Russia, ending a six-day trip that triggered global concerns about weapons transfer deals between the two countries locked in separate standoffs with the West.
World Sep 16 Kim Jong Un inspects Russian bombers and missiles on tour with Russia’s defense minister North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inspected Russia’s nuclear-capable bombers, hypersonic missiles and an advanced warship from its Pacific fleet on Saturday as he continued a trip in Russia’s Far East that has sparked Western concerns.
World Sep 15 North Korea’s Kim gets a close look at Russian fighter jets as his tour narrows its focus to weapons Kim's rare foreign trip has raised concerns about banned weapons transfer deals between the increasingly isolated countries.
World Sep 12 Kim Jong Un in Russia to meet with Putin as both leaders face Western pressure After decades of hot-and-cold relations, Russia and North Korea have drawn closer since Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022.