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SEOUL, South Korea (Reuters) – North Korea’s recent string of missile launches is seen as an attempt to apply pressure on South Korea to change policy, the South Joint Chief of Staff (JCS) official said, on Monday (May 29) after Pyongyang fired a short-range ballistic missile. The Scud-class missile fired by North Korea reached an altitude of 120 kilometers (75 miles), the JCS official told a briefing. He said South Korea’s military was analyzing how […]
(Reuters) – Two women suspected of murdering the estranged half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un are due to appear in a Malaysian court on May 30. Vietnamese Doan Thi Huong and Indonesian Siti Aishah face the death penalty if they are convicted of killing Kim Jong Nam. The two allegedly smeared VX nerve agent, a chemical described by the United Nations as a weapon of mass destruction, across Kim’s face at Kuala Lumpur […]
TOKYO, Japan (Reuters) — North Korea fired what appeared to be a short-range ballistic missile on Monday (May 29) that landed in the sea off its east coast, the latest in a series of missile tests defying world pressure and threats of more sanctions. The missile is believed to be a Scud-class ballistic missile though Japanese officials said they needed to gather more information before confirming that. The missile flew about 400 kilometers (280 miles), […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Tokyo stocks opened flat on Monday after North Korea’s latest missile launch. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index was up 0.05 percent, or 10.34 points, to 19,697.18 at the start, while the Topix index of all first-section issues edged up 0.04 percent, or 0.70 points, to 1,570.12. © Agence France-Presse
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The United States confirmed Sunday that North Korea has test-launched another ballistic missile. The US Pacific Command said the short-range missile, launched from near Wonsan Airfield, was tracked for six minutes until it landed in the Sea of Japan. It was not deemed a threat to North America. The command said it was working on a more detailed assessment of the missile launch. “We continue to monitor North Korea’s actions […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — North Korea fired a ballistic missile on Monday, the South’s military and Japan said, a move that ratcheted up tensions over the North’s quest to develop weapons capable of hitting the United States. The test is the latest launch by Pyongyang this year as the isolated regime steps up efforts to develop an intercontinental ballistic missile that can deliver a nuclear warhead to the continental US. The missile launches, and […]
by Jerome Cartillier Agence France-Presse TAORMINA, Italy (AFP) – United States President Donald Trump said Friday the “problem” of an increasingly belligerent North Korea would be “solved,” as he met his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe just before the start of the G7 summit. “It’s a big problem, it’s a world problem,” he said in the Sicilian town of Taormina, just weeks after he called North Korea leader Kim Jong-Un a “madman with nuclear weapons.” The […]
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — Senior Trump administration officials fear a nuclear arms race in Asia-Pacific if an increasingly belligerent North Korea is not reined in, Australia’s foreign minister said Friday after talks in New York. Pyongyang has launched a series of missiles this year, including a Hwasong-12 intermediate-range projectile this month which the North claimed was capable of carrying a “heavy” nuclear warhead, fueling tensions with Washington. It has carried out two atomic tests since […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) – North Korea on Thursday accused the South of unleashing more than 450 machine gun rounds at a flock of birds in an “armed provocation” at the tense Demilitarized Zone, after Seoul’s forces fired warning shots at an object flying over the border. Seoul military officials initially suggested the item was a drone from North following the incident on Tuesday, before saying Wednesday that balloons carrying propaganda leaflets had blown in […]
TOKYO, Japan (Reuters) — Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Thursday (May 25) that he expected the North Korean missile threat and the bombing in Manchester to head the agenda at the Group of Seven leaders’ summit in Italy. Over the last two weeks North Korea successively launched two missiles, which are believed to be a significant advance in its technologies and drive for an intercontinental ballistic missile. At least 22 people were killed by […]
By Rob Lever Agence France-Presse Was North Korea behind the ransomware epidemic that hit global computer networks earlier this month? That’s the subject of heated debate in cybersecurity circles after analysts found similarities in the “WannaCry” worm to other malware attributed to North Korea, including the 2014 hack of Sony Pictures and a cyberheist of millions of dollars from the Bangladesh central bank. The security firm Symantec this week said the shared code makes it […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) – President Donald Trump called North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un a “madman with nuclear weapons” during a telephone call with Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, according to a transcript of the conversation released by US media Tuesday. A White House readout of the April 29 call characterized it as a “very friendly conversation.” Days after the conversation, Trump said publicly that he would be “honored” to meet with Kim. But in the […]
