Oct 18 North Korea fires artillery shells near border with South Korea By Hyung-Jin Kim, Associated Press South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff says North Korea fired about 100 shells off its west coast and 150 rounds off its east coast on Tuesday night. Continue reading
Oct 17 Korean-pop group BTS members will perform mandatory military service in South Korea By Kim Tong-Hyung, Associated Press The management agency of K-pop group BTS says the singers will serve their mandatory military duties as required under South Korean law, effectively ending a public debate on whether they should be granted exemptions because of their artistic accomplishments. Continue reading
Oct 13 North Korea fires another missile, flies warplanes near border By Hyung-Jin Kim, Associated Press South Korea says North Korea has launched a ballistic missile toward its eastern waters. South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff says the launch happened early Friday but gave no further details. Continue reading
Oct 11 South Korea says it has the ability to intercept missiles from the North By Hyung-Jin Kim, Kim Tong-Hyung, Associated Press South Korea's military says it's capable of detecting and intercepting the variety of missiles that North Korea has launched in a barrage of recent simulated nuclear attacks on its rivals. Continue reading
Oct 10 North Korea confirms simulated use of nukes to ‘wipe out’ South Korean and U.S. enemies By Hyung-Jin Kim, Associated Press North Korea says its recent barrage of missile launches were the simulated use of its tactical battlefield nuclear weapons to "hit and wipe out" potential South Korean and U.S. targets. Continue reading
Oct 08 North Korea launches 2 missiles toward sea after South Korea, U.S. hold naval drills By Hyung-Jin Kim, Mari Yamaguchi, Associated Press North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles toward its eastern waters on Sunday, the latest of a recent barrage of weapons tests, a day after it warned the redeployment of a U.S. aircraft carrier near the Korean Peninsula was inflaming… Continue reading
Oct 07 Members of Korean pop group BTS face possible military enrollment By Hyung-Jin Kim, Associated Press South Korea's military appears to want to conscript members of the K-pop supergroup BTS for mandatory military duties, as the public remains sharply divided over whether they should be given exemptions. Continue reading
Oct 07 South Korea, U.S. warships start new drills after North Korea missile launch By Hyung-Jin Kim, Associated Press The nuclear-powered U.S. aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan has begun a new round of naval drills with South Korean warships. Continue reading
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Oct 06 North Korea flies warplanes near South Korean border after launching missiles By Hyung-Jin Kim, Kim Tong-Hyung, Associated Press Tensions have risen sharply on the Korean Peninsula as North Korea’s recent barrage of missile tests prompted South Korea, the United States and Japan to conduct joint drills in response. Continue reading