North Korea fired a suspected ballistic missile Monday, Japan’s coast guard said, ratcheting up tensions in the region as political turmoil continues in neighboring South Korea.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken holds talks Monday in crisis-riven South Korea, seeking to encourage policy stability in the US ally, including in its complicated relationship with Japan. Yoon delighted the United States by seeking to turn the page on decades of friction with Japan,
The Japan Coast Guard says North Korea has fired what may be a ballistic missile. The announcement was made at 5 minutes past noon on Monday, citing information from the Defense Ministry.
North Korea fired a suspected mid-range ballistic missile into its eastern seas on Monday, and while not specifically referring to this event, the Guam Homeland Security/Office of Civil Defense issued
Washington has provided extended deterrence, or a "nuclear umbrella," to Tokyo and Seoul in the face of Pyongyang's nuclear threat. It is a commitment made by the U.S. to deter and to respond potential nuclear and non-nuclear scenarios in defense of its East Asian allies.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky recently said there have been over 3,000 North Korean casualties in Kursk. South Korea reported over 1,000 casualties last week. Newsweek has not verified either figure. Neither Pyongyang nor Moscow has acknowledged the presence of North Korean troops in Russia.
North Korea fired a ballistic missile out to sea off its east coast on Monday, coinciding with a visit by U.S Secretary of State Antony Blinken to Seoul during a period of political turmoil in South Korea.
Antony Blinken stressed Washington’s ‘unwavering commitment’ to South Korea in one of his last official acts as US secretary of state.
North Korea has unveiled a new destroyer equipped with an advanced missile system that will become the largest warship in its growing navy. State media released images of Kim Jong-un, North Korea’s leader, inspecting the ship at a facility that analysts ...
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and his daughter have made a visit to a showpiece tourist resort on the country's east coast. State media on Tuesday released dozens of images of Kim Ju Ae accompanying her father on a tour of the Kalma resort on 29 December.
North Korea has fired what appears to be an intermediate range ballistic missile towards the sea to its east, South Korea's military said, in what is Pyongyang's first missile launch in two months. Japan's defence ministry said around noon local time (03:00 GMT) that the projectile had already fallen into the sea.