Seoul, South Korea | AFP | North Korea has fired an “unidentified ballistic missile”, Seoul’s military said Thursday, the latest in a record-breaking blitz of launches that came just hours after Pyongyang warned of a “fiercer” military response to the US and its regional allies. “North Korea fires an unidentified ballistic missile into East Sea,” South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said, referring to the body of water also known as the Sea of Japan. […]
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North Korea fires ballistic missile, Seoul’s military says
Seoul, South Korea | AFP | North Korea fired at least one ballistic missile Wednesday, Seoul’s military said, the latest launch from Pyongyang following a record-breaking testing blitz earlier this month. The launch comes as the United States counted votes in the midterm elections for the House and Senate, which Seoul’s spy agency had previously warned would be a possible moment for Kim Jong Un to conduct a long-expected nuclear test. “North Korea fires an […]
N. Korea launches ballistic missiles as US-S. Korea air drills end
Seoul, South Korea | AFP | by Claire Lee and Qasim Nauman North Korea fired four ballistic missiles on Saturday, the South Korean military said — the latest in Pyongyang’s testing blitz this week as Washington and Seoul concluded their biggest-ever air force drills. The flurry of North Korean launches has included an intercontinental ballistic missile and one that landed near the South’s territorial waters. South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol has called the barrage “effectively […]
Seoul scrambles jets after detecting 180 N. Korea warplanes
South Korea’s military scrambled stealth jets on Friday after detecting the mobilisation of 180 North Korean warplanes, Seoul said as it conducted large-scale joint air drills with the United States which have infuriated Pyongyang. North Korea has launched a record-breaking blitz of missile launches this week, including a failed intercontinental ballistic missile test on Thursday. Seoul and Washington extended their largest-ever joint air drills through Saturday in response to the North’s flurry of projectiles. “Our […]
Japan warns some to shelter after North Korea missile launch
Tokyo, Japan | AFP | Japan warned residents of three regions to take shelter Thursday morning after a North Korean missile launch, with the government saying the missile flew over the country. The prime minister’s office said a missile flew over Japan at around 7:48 am, but national broadcaster NHK said subsequently that officials were analysing the possibility that the missile did not, in fact, travel over the country. It came after another missile fired […]
DEVELOPING STORY: North Korea fires ‘unidentified ballistic missile’, Seoul’s military says
Seoul, South Korea | AFP | North Korea fired at least one “unidentified ballistic missile” Thursday, Seoul’s military said, with Tokyo saying it appeared to have flown over Japan, as they urged residents in some areas to take shelter. “North Korea fires unidentified ballistic missile towards East Sea,” Seoul’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said, referring to the body of water also known as the Sea of Japan. The launch comes a day after Pyongyang fired more than […]
North Korea fires more than 20 missiles, one close to South
Seoul, South Korea | AFP | by Cat BARTON / Claire LEE North Korea fired more than 20 missiles Wednesday, including one that landed close to South Korea’s waters in what President Yoon Suk-yeol said was “effectively a territorial invasion”. It also fired an artillery barrage into a maritime “buffer zone” that experts said was part of an “aggressive and threatening” response by Pyongyang to large-scale joint air drills the United States and South […]
North Korea fires two ballistic missiles: South’s military
Seoul, South Korea | AFP | North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles on Friday, the South’s military said, the latest in a blitz of launches that Washington and Seoul have warned could culminate in Kim Jong Un conducting another nuclear test. The launch comes as South Korea and the US conclude 12 days of amphibious naval joint military drills, and just ahead of the Monday start of major combined air drills that will involve […]
North Korea says it has tested and deployed ‘tactical nuke’ cruise missiles
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — Kim Jong Un supervised the launch of two long-range cruise missiles, state media said Thursday, adding that the weapons had already been deployed to “tactical nuke” units of the North Korean army. Kim has overseen a blitz of ballistic missile launches in recent weeks, which Pyongyang has described as tactical nuclear drills that simulated taking out airports and military facilities across South Korea. The Wednesday test of the two cruise […]
South Korea, US fire missiles in response to North Korea test
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — The South Korean and US militaries fired a volley of missiles into the sea in response to North Korea firing a ballistic missile over Japan, Seoul said Wednesday. Nuclear-armed North Korea fired an intermediate-range ballistic missile over Japan for the first time in five years on Tuesday, prompting Tokyo to issue evacuation warnings for some residents. South Korea and the United States staged a drill of their own in response, […]
URGENT: SKorea president vows ‘stern response’ to NKorea missile launch
Seoul, South Korea (AFP) South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol vowed Tuesday that there would be a “stern response” to North Korea’s latest sanctions-busting test of an intermediate range ballistic missile, which flew over Japan, prompting evacuations. North Korea’s latest “provocation… clearly violated the universal principles and norms of the United Nations, and [Yoon] ordered a stern response and to take corresponding measures in cooperation with the United States and the international community”, his office said. […]
North Korea fires ballistic missile over Japan
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) – North Korea fired a ballistic missile over Japan for the first time in five years Tuesday, prompting Tokyo to activate its missile alert system and issue a rare warning for people to take shelter. The latest launch — which the United States branded “reckless and dangerous” — comes in a record year of sanctions-busting weapons tests by North Korea, which recently revised its laws to declare itself an “irreversible” nuclear […]
