U.S. govt official: meeting on N.Korea on sidelines of APEC was “very productive and free flowing”
BANGKOK (Reuters) – A senior U.S. government official said on Friday that the United Nations security council should meet to discuss North Korea’s latest missile launches. United States Vice President Kamala Harris’…
N.Korea fires multiple-rocket launcher, South says
By Josh Smith and Minwoo Park SEOUL – North Korea appeared to have fired a short-range multiple rocket launcher on Sunday, South Korea’s military said, amid heightened military tensions on the peninsula…
N.Korea silent after reported missile explosion over Pyongyang
By Josh Smith SEOUL – More than 24 hours after a missile test reportedly ended in a fiery failure over Pyongyang on Wednesday, North Korea had yet to say anything about the…
N.Korea courts disaster with missile tests from international airport
By Josh Smith SEOUL – North Korea’s decision to use the international airport near its capital city as a site for test-firing large missiles is “absolutely bonkers” and may be a way…
U.S. military increases surveillance, missile defences after N.Korea launches
By Josh Smith SEOUL – The U.S. military has increased surveillance and reconnaissance collection in the Yellow Sea and heightened its ballistic missile defence readiness after a “significant increase” in North Korean…
S.Korea repatriates N.Korea sailors, seized boat after border crossing
By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL – South Korea’s military said on Wednesday it had sent back all seven North Korean sailors who were aboard a ship it seized after the vessel crossed into…
N.Korea could return to ICBM, nuclear tests this year-U.S. intelligence report
WASHINGTON – North Korea’s missile launches could be groundwork for a return to intercontinental ballistic missile and nuclear bomb tests this year for the first time since 2017, the U.S. Directorate of…
S.Korea’s next president to face a N.Korea forging ahead in nuclear, missile production
By Hyonhee Shin and Josh Smith SEOUL – North Korea’s main nuclear facility is in full swing, a new report said on Friday, the latest evidence to highlight the challenges facing whoever…
U.S. urges N.Korea to focus on needs of its people, not missiles
By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS – The United States called on North Korea on Monday to defund its nuclear and ballistic missile programs and prioritize the needs of its own people, as…
N.Korea tests biggest missile since 2017, U.S. calls for talks
By Josh Smith SEOUL – North Korea confirmed on Monday it had launched a Hwasong-12 ballistic missile, the same weapon it had once threatened to target the U.S. territory of Guam with,…
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