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Fireworks based on North Korea's 'monster ICBM' on sale at Pyongyang toy store

Fireworks modeled after North Korea’s new intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) "Hwasong-17” were seen at a store in Pyongyang. This comes the wife of leader Kim Jong-un was spotted wearing a necklace with a pendant in the shape of an ICBM.

2024-05-20

North designates Nov. 18 as 'Missile Industry Day'

North Korea has designated Nov. 18 as "Missile Industry Day" to commemorate the successful test launch of the regime's Hwasong-17 intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) in 2022, Pyongyang's state media said Sunday.

2023-11-05

North flaunts drones, ICBMS to Russian and Chinese officials at parade

Russia’s defense minister and a Chinese Politburo member were North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s guests of honor at a nighttime military parade in Pyongyang on Thursday to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the end of the 1950-53 Korean War.

2023-07-28

Kim shows off North's arsenal to Russian defense chief

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un showcased his regime's latest missiles and drones to Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, who is visiting Pyongyang to attend commemorations of the armistice that concluded the 1950-53 Korean War.

2023-07-27

North fires missile into East Sea ahead of UN meeting

North Korea fired a ballistic missile that landed in the East Sea, according to South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff on Sunday, ahead of a scheduled United Nations Security Council meeting in New York on Monday to discuss the North's missile launches.

2023-03-19

North Korea test-fired Hwasong-17 ICBM guided by Kim Jong-un: state media

North Korea said Friday it test-fired a Hwasong-17 intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) the previous day guided by leader Kim Jong-un in protest against ongoing South Korea-U.S. joint military exercises.

2023-03-17

South Korea's 2022 Defense White Paper calls North an 'enemy'

South Korea’s defense ministry refers to the North Korean regime and military as the “enemy” in its latest policy document, marking the return of the label after six years of failed rapprochement and escalating illegal weapons testing by Pyongyang.

2023-02-16

New stamps show Kim, his daughter and a missile

North Korea on Tuesday unveiled a new postal stamp series featuring the daughter of the North's leader Kim Jong-un for the first time.

2023-02-14

North displays enough ICBM launchers to defeat U.S. missile defense

North Korea displayed the largest number of its longest-range intercontinental ballistic missile at a nighttime military parade on Wednesday, as well as mock-ups of a new solid-fuel missile under development, state media photos showed Thursday.

2023-02-09

North's Kim returns after 40-day absence for military meeting

North Korea's ruling Workers' Party convened a meeting of its Central Military Commission to "perfect" its readiness for war, Pyongyang's state media reported Tuesday.

2023-02-07