Kim commands the production of additional missiles

Kim Jong Un has called for an increase in missile production to ensure "overwhelming military power" and war readiness, state media KCNA reported on Monday, as South Korea and the United States prepare for their annual military exercises.

On Friday and Saturday, Kim issued the...

Biden asserts that a nuclear attack by North Korea would spell the end of the regime.

Joe Biden told reporters that a nuclear attack by North Korea against the United States or its allies would result in the demise of whichever regime took such action.

President Joe Biden and his South Korean counterpart Yoon Suk Yeol warned North Korea that it would face a nuclear respo...

South Korea recovers debris from North Korea's satellite' launch in the West Sea.

The North Korean space launch vehicle was recovered by the South Korean military on Thursday evening, and the debris will be studied in tandem with the United States in an effort to learn more about Pyongyang's missile programs.

The Joint Chiefs of Staff said early Friday that the N...

North Korea fires two missiles into the sea while its allies practice military maneuvers.

North Korea tested two short-range ballistic missiles on Tuesday as another show of force after the U.S. and South Korea started military drills that Pyongyang sees as a dress rehearsal for an invasion, according to North Korea's neighbors. South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a st...

Japan cancels the launch of a new rocket carrying a missile sensor.

As the supplemental booster engines failed to ignite, Japan's space agency canceled the launch of its next-generation H3 rocket on Friday, according to officials. The main engine of the rocket, which is carrying an observation satellite and an experimental sensor to detect missile launches, h...

Threat from North Korea's missile testing, nuclear ambitions cited by South Korean leader

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol warned Tuesday that North Korea's increasing number of missile tests, its developing nuclear goals, and other provocative activities represent a major threat that might lead to a disastrous miscalculation and trigger a wider confrontation. While playing do...

Seoul and Washington pushed to impose cryptocurrency laws to tighten North Korea's purse constraints.

The fact that North Korea launched 38 ballistic missiles in 2022, more than any other year, garnered international attention. However, the isolated nation was also in the news for its purportedly lucrative criminal cyber activities that generated billions of dollars, in addition to its constant s...

North Korea launches ballistic missiles in response to US-South Korea drills.

North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles toward its eastern waters on Friday, according to South Korea's military, its latest weapons display following days of joint drills between US and South Korean warplanes that North Korea views as an invasion rehearsal.

South Korea...

Russia increases missile strikes in Ukraine, killing 15 people in Kherson.

This week's Russian strikes on Ukraine have left half of Kyiv without power, despite the frigid winter weather. According to a local official, 15 people were killed as a result of Russian bombardment in the newly seized city of Kherson. Follow our coverage of the Ukrainian conflict. All timin...

The US is preparing for any eventuality, including a seventh North Korean nuclear test.

A state department spokesman said Friday that the US is working with its partners to prepare for any contingency emanating from North Korea, underlining the likelihood of a North Korean nuclear test in the near future.

Following its record number of ballistic missile launches, North Kor...

Negotiations between the United States and Japan for the sale of Tomahawk cruise missiles are in their last stages.

The Yomiuri daily reported on Friday that various anonymous sources within the Japanese government confirmed that Japan is in the last stages of discussions with the United States to purchase U.S.-made Tomahawk cruise missiles.

Tomahawks have a range of over 1,000 kilometers, placing th...

Zelensky will speak to the G7 leaders after the missile barrage

On Tuesday, the G7 group of advanced industrial nations will have an emergency summit. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will speak.

Following the wave of lethal Russian missile attacks against Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities on Monday, Ukraine and Germany called the meeting.

North Korea launches four short-range ballistic missiles into the West Sea: South Korean military

The North Korean military announced Saturday that it fired four short-range ballistic missiles (SRBM) toward the West Sea.

The Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) reported that the missiles were launched from Tongrim County in North Pyongyang Province between 11:32 a.m. and 11:59 a.m.

North Korea launches more missiles while the United States flies bombers over South Korea.

North Korea launched four ballistic missiles into the sea on Saturday, while the United States sent two supersonic bombers racing over South Korea in a show of military force that highlighted escalating tensions in the region.

According to South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff, four s...

North Korean intercontinental ballistic missile may have failed in flight, according to officials; Japanese citizens are warned to take cover

Thursday, North Korea launched multiple ballistic missiles, one of which may have been a failed intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) that prompted an alarm for inhabitants in regions of central and northern Japan to seek shelter.

In spite of an earlier government warning that a mis...

Japan is proposing deployment of hypersonic missiles by 2030

The Nikkei business newspaper reported on Thursday that Japan's defense ministry is considering the deployment of hypersonic missiles by 2030 to increase deterrence by enhancing its counterattack capabilities.

The research revealed that the ministry is seeking counterforce capabilit...

North Korea fires a missile at the territory of South Korea.

Wednesday, North Korea launched over twenty ballistic and other missiles, one of which landed in South Korean territory for the first time since the 1950-1953 Korean War. Additionally, the North launched roughly 100 artillery projectiles into the East Sea.

In response, President Yoon Su...

The explosion at the South Korean airbase was caused by a failed missile, according to reports

On Wednesday, during a live-fire rehearsal with the United States in response to North Korea's successful launch of a weapon that sailed over Japan and has the range to target the US territory of Guam, a South Korean ballistic missile exploded as it slammed into the ground due to a technical ...

After a barrage of missiles, G7 leaders will hear from Zelensky

On Tuesday, President Volodymyr Zelensky y of Ukraine will speak at an emergency summit of the Group of Seven key industrial nations.

In response to Monday's deadly Russian missile strikes against Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities, Ukraine and Germany asked for the emergency summit.

After North Korea's missile tests, South Korea and the United States hold joint military exercises with a U.S. aircraft carrier

The South Korean military announced on Friday that joint maritime drills with a U.S. aircraft carrier had begun, a day after South Korean fighter jets had been scrambled in response to what seemed to be a North Korean bombing rehearsal.

The South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff have announ...