North Korea

Seoul:  North Korea on Thursday fired a suspected intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) and two short-range ones toward the East Sea, the South Korean military said. The Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said it detected what is presumed…
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Seoul: South Korea on Wednesday fired three air-to-ground missiles in response to missiles launched by North Korea. South Korea’s military said North Korea launched more than 10 missiles of various kinds off its eastern and western…
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Seoul: North Korea on Tuesday warned that it could stage "more powerful follow-up measures" if the US continues "military provocations", citing its large-scale combined air exercise with South Korea. A spokesman at the North's Foreign…
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Seoul: North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles (SRBMs) toward the East Sea on Sunday, the South Korean military said, after Seoul and Washington wrapped up a naval exercise, involving a US aircraft carrier, the previous day.…
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Seoul: North Korea fired an intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM) over Japan on Tuesday in its first launch of an IRBM in eight months, according to South Korea's military. The Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said it detected the…
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Seoul: Pope Francis says he is willing to visit North Korea, should the country's leaders ever invite him, he told a South Korean broadcaster in an interview released on Friday. "I will go there as soon as they invite me. I'm saying they…
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Seoul: North Korea on Wednesday called for heightened alert against a new virus detected in China, just weeks after Pyongyang claimed victory over the Covid-19 crisis. The Rodong Sinmun, an organ of the North's Workers' Party, carried an…
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Seoul: North Korea has tested a nuclear detonation device apparently in preparation for its seventh nuclear test, a Presidential official said on Wednesday. South Korea does not believe a nuclear test will happen in the next day or two,…
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Seoul: North Korea reported over 134,510 new suspected Covid-19 cases on Tuesday, which took the overall number of infections to nearly 3 million. More than 134,510 people showed indications of fever, with no additional deaths reported,…
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Seoul: North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is unlikely to have been vaccinated against COVID-19, South Korea's spy agency was quoted as saying Thursday. The National Intelligence Service (NIS) said in a closed-door briefing to lawmakers it…
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