South Korea’s National Security Council (NSC) agreed at an emergency meeting on Sunday to take measures the North would find “unendurable” for launching hundreds of trash-laden balloons across into the South, according to a presidential official.
North Korea said its second attempt to launch a spy satellite from the Sohae satellite launching station in Cholsan County, North Pyongan, ended in a failure Thursday.
The leaders of South Korea, Japan and the United States will adopt two statements highlighting their shared "principles" and "spirit" as they aim to elevate cooperation during their summit at Camp David on Friday. He departed for the U.S. Thursday.
North Korea launched two ballistic missiles into the East Sea early Wednesday morning, a day after a U.S. nuclear-capable submarine made a port call in the southern port city of Busan.
A U.S. nuclear-capable submarine made a port call in Korea for the first time in some 40 years as a "manifestation" of Washington's commitment to extended deterrence, a White House National Security Council (NSC) official said Tuesday.
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un oversaw the launch of a Hwasong-18 solid-fuel intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) on Wednesday, vowing his regime would continue its “military offensive” until South Korea and the United States admit “defeat.”
A bilateral consultative body created to bolster nuclear deterrence against threats from North Korea will hold its inaugural meeting in Seoul on July 18.
North Korea’s first reconnaissance satellite crashed into the sea early Wednesday morning after the space launch vehicle’s (SLV) second-stage separation failed, according to Pyongyang's state media.
According to the Japanese government on Monday, North Korea had informed them that they plan to launch a reconnaissance satellite between May 31 and June 11.
North Korea on Thursday morning fired a long-range ballistic missile into the East Sea, according to South Korean military officials.
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